The Morning Verse
The Morning Verse
The Rest That Is Offered, Not Earned
Weariness is not a failure of faith, and the invitation to rest was made to the tired.
Daily Briefing
Friday's Briefing: Christian leaders press Washington on global health as a migrant charity is cleared
The most consequential item came from Religion News Service, which reported that 120 Christian leaders had written to Trump administration officials urging them not to withhold $1 billion in global health funds. RNS described the letter as an unusual instance of evangelical leaders pressing the administration to change course, and noted the signatories included a religious adviser to the president. The sum is large and the appeal is public; the outcome will bear on health programmes far beyond the United States.
Closer to home, Religion News Service also reported that the Department of Homeland Security had lifted a financial freeze on Sister Norma Pimentel's Catholic migrant charity, and that the investigation had been dropped. According to RNS, Pimentel announced the news during a conversation with the network's events host, Niala Boodhoo, at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin.