Faith Groups in Action
(May 16, 2012) Odyssey Networks spends the day with a dozen inmates trying to turn their lives around at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in Ossining, N.Y. Through a program offered at the facility by New York Theological...
(April 26, 2012) Village Voice Media's efforts to stop child sex trafficking on its adult website have failed, and the site should be shut down, The Rev. Dr. Katherine Henderson testified at a New York City Council hearing Wednesday.
(April 25, 2012) Nurse practitioners Mary Wysochansky and Anna Stinchcum founded and opened the Sumter Faith Clinic — a free clinic to treat the uninsured and underinsured in a community Wysochansky says has been particularly hard-hit by the economy.
(April 11, 2012) In January 2012, 22-year-old Tacoma, Wash. resident Jefferson Bethke posted a recorded performance of his poem "Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus" on YouTube. It was an overnight internet sensation, garnering more than...
(March 30, 2012) Faith leaders from across the religious spectrum gathered on March 29th to hand-deliver a petition demanding that Village Voice Media cease running advertisements in the adult section of backpage.com. The site is used to sell and...
(Feburary 25, 2012) Sister Rose Pacatte, FSP, an enthusiastic film critic, is excited about the Academy Awards coming up. Discover what she says about this year's movies and how faith and film are connected. Sister Pacatte is currently the...
(Feburary 23, 2012) Do secular humanists and atheists deserve a seat at the interfaith table? We asked our Odyssey members for their reactions and these are some of the responses we received...
(February 18, 2012) Do secular humanists and atheists deserve a seat at the interfaith table? What might they bring to conversations on religion?
(January 31, 2012) Dr. Eric Barreto shares how one Biblical verse, Isaiah 40:31, closely aligns with Tebow's work to help struggling and sick children.
(January 14, 2012) On Jan. 13, nearly 200 politicians, pastors, and congregants protested a December court ruling that affirmed a city ban on the after-hours use of public school facilities for worship services. The groups were evicted on Sunday,...
