News & Ideas

Daily headlines about the church and the world

Each weekday Faith & Leadership searches the internet for stories of interest to Christian leaders. The result is News & Ideas, a guide to some of the most thought-provoking stories about the church and the world you might otherwise never see.

Monday's News & Ideas - 8/2/2021

LA Catholic schools’ funding
Rest is not a reward
Christians & crowdfunding
Remembering reincarnation
Poland law draws anger
Screen reading social sites

Friday's News & Ideas - 7/30/2021

Vaccine hesitancy & faith
McCarrick criminally charged
Church pays off debts
Federal nominees & God
Homeownership ethics
Sunisa Lee’s gift

Thursday's News & Ideas - 7/29/2021

Voting rights march
SCOTUS ‘shadow docket’
Why is CRT being banned?
Chilean priest dies
Mortal cost of carbon
Black neighborhoods & highways

Wednesday's News & Ideas - 7/28/2021

Humanizing digital spaces
Faith & attention economy
Bayard Rustin’s faith
Report on Israeli ‘war crimes’
China targets Uyghur families
Who creates Black pop culture?

Tuesday's News & Ideas - 7/27/2021

Facebook & religion
Homeschooling surges
Latinos & evangelicalism
Driscoll is ‘unrepentant’
Dangers of pastoral care
Where are the public bathrooms?

Want News & Ideas delivered to your inbox every week day?

Subscribe here.

Apply to Foundations of Christian Leadership

Join us for Foundations of Christian Leadership in San Antonio, where we will draw on the rich resources of the surrounding community as we imagine and listen together to how God is stirring in our world, in our church and in our lives. Applications are due Friday, August 13, 2021. Session 1 will take place October 25-28, 2021. Session 2 will take place January 18-21, 2022.

Learn More