Friday's News & Ideas - 10/18/2024
- Faith-based disaster relief
- Cru discontinues LGBTQ training
- Lead your neighbor as yourself
- Nationalist group in Israel military
- Wisdom from Augustine
- GameStop’s faithful
In Helene’s and Milton’s wake, faith-based disaster relief groups prepare for the long haul
Religion News Service: In the aftermath of back-to-back hurricanes, faith-based disaster groups deliver relief while planning for a long, slow recovery from Hurricane Helene.
Cru discontinues LGBTQ training program for staff
Religion Unplugged: Battered by months of criticisms for controversial staff guidance on how to handle LGBTQ+ students, a major evangelical campus ministry is distancing itself from a controversial curriculum.
Pastors and public servants: Lead your neighbor as yourself*
Christianity Today: Leading faithfully and living as good neighbors in a world where we can’t choose our neighbors or the context and circumstances in which we lead and live.
A nationalist religious group has swelled the ranks of Israel’s military*
Forward: The Hardal support Gaza settlement, violent West Bank settlers and “revenge” against Palestinians.
Wisdom from Augustine in an election year*
The Christian Century: Our so-called Christian politics have been captivated by the liturgies of the earthly city rather than the city of God.
The Spark
Can’t stop meme stock
GameStop’s truest believers* show Reddit’s capacity to foster blind detachment from offline reality, Slate says.
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