Uncategorized Opinion This element is critical to human flourishing — yet missing from the news Read the free article here
Uncategorized Free Speech Doesn’t Mean Free Rein to Shout Down Others from the New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/opinion/free-speech-campus.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Uncategorized Report: LGBTQ Americans tend to be younger and have no religion The new report from PRRI also found that many religious Americans support LGBTQ nondiscrimination rights, even those who oppose same sex-marriage. https://religionnews.com/2023/03/23/prri-report-lgbtq-americans-tend-to-be-young-and-have-no-religion/
Uncategorized ‘Purple church’ pastors mull leadership strategies in polarizing times The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina held a leadership forum to help pastors figure out how to speak out without alienating half of their members. https://religionnews.com/2023/03/27/purple-church-pastors-mull-leadership-strategies-in-polarizing-times/
Stephen M. R. Covey Trust/confidence and distrust/suspicion Simply put, trust means confidence. The opposite of trust - distrust - is suspicion. When you trust people, you have confidence in them, in their integrity and in their abilities.…
Uncategorized Princeton Theological Seminary students, alumni seek ouster of trustee chair ‘The seminary needs a deeper reckoning,’ they wrote, ‘with its current relationship to and investment in modern systems of enslavement.’ https://religionnews.com/2023/03/21/princeton-theological-seminary-students-alumni-seek-ouster-of-trustee-chair/
Lisa Miller What was the mechanism of this connection? I felt the same way about the inipi. My ability to explain what had happened didn’t obscure my absolute joy and wonder in the imminent arrival of two children. Dr.…
Uncategorized “Who Woulda Thunk…A Semicolon” “WHO WOULDA THUNK…A SEMICOLON”1 Rarely would I steal..not plagiarize..but steal a title from an author or organization…but the claim to this title belongs to a remarkable young woman who started…
Uncategorized Black, Evangelical and Torn free article from the New York Times With America’s white conservatives increasingly drawn to Christian nationalism, many Black believers feel caught between their faith and the long shadow of history.
Uncategorized Bethany Mandel’s ‘woke’ stumble exposes the right’s gaslighting https://religionnews.com/2023/03/21/bethany-mandels-woke-stumble-exposes-the-rights-gaslighting/
Adam Grant Networks come with three major advantages For centuries, we have recognized the importance of networking. According to Brian Uzzi, a management professor at Northwestern University, networks come with three major advantages: private information, diverse skills, and…
Uncategorized Five charts that explain the desperate turn to MAGA among conservative white Christians by Robert P. Jones https://religionnews.com/2023/03/14/five-charts-that-explain-the-desperate-turn-to-maga-among-conservative-white-christians/
Patty Krawec Slavery was abolished, but the beliefs that justified it were not. Just as the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Dawes Act of 1887 were used to strip Native tribes of their land and force massive migrations that cleared the…
Uncategorized How can a poor man stand such times and live? by Angela Denker https://open.substack.com/pub/angeladenker/p/how-can-a-poor-man-stand-such-times?r=1ewbq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Uncategorized Author and priest Randall Balmer: ‘Sport has eclipsed religion as the US pastime’ In his new book, the scholar examines how religion shaped the history of major sports in North America https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/mar/13/author-and-priest-randall-balmer-sport-has-eclipsed-religion-as-the-us-pastime
Uncategorized Young people flourish where faith leaders see color If you ask young people to leave race at home, you might as well tell them to stay home, too. By Nabil Tueme https://religionnews.com/2023/03/13/young-people-flourish-where-faith-leaders-see-color/
Uncategorized The battle to boost our deep sleep – and help stop dementia The biological ‘brainwashing’ that happens while you are sleeping is crucial for filtering out toxins. Here’s how to optimise your overnight cycle. "The key thing to focus on is sleep…
Uncategorized San Francisco’s Black residents could get a $5 million reparations payout The city's board of supervisors showed support for a plan to compensate eligible residents for slavery and systemic racism. https://qz.com/reparations-san-francisco-slavery-racism-1850227344
Willie Dwayne Francois III “This is a message those other White people need to hear.” In fall of 2015 I was part of a panel forum exploring the history and future of progressive faith communities at the intersections of gender, mass incarceration, and sexuality. During…
Susan K Smith The Confederate Flag, Fear, and a Woman Named Bree Newsome by Susan K. Smith Ten days after Dylann Roof murdered eight people and their pastor at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, Bree Newsome traveled to Columbia, the state…