The Morning Verse
The Morning Verse
A Prayer for the Tired
For the ordinary evening when the day has asked more than we had to give.
Daily Briefing
FaithDaily briefing: deadly attacks on Christians abroad, a Dallas congregation's exit, and a new primate in Rwanda
The most serious news came from Ethiopia. Charisma News, citing the BBC, reported that armed attacks on Christian communities had left more than 60 people dead, a figure reported by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The violence struck the Shirka district in the Oromia region, with families mourning their dead and residents fleeing their homes. For the reader, it is a reminder that in some places ordinary worship carries risk that is hard to imagine from a quiet pew.
A second attack, in Jordan, moved toward its legal reckoning. Charisma News, citing CBS News, reported that Jordanian security forces had captured all three gunmen accused of attacking a Greek Orthodox church during a funeral in the Karak governorate. Anglican Ink reported that Bishop Hosam Naoum, Bishop Coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, condemned the attack on the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint George in the town of Hamoud. The two outlets together show both the response of the state and the response of the wider church.