Friday's News & Ideas - 11/1/2024
- Last-minute election push
- Michael Curry term ends
- Resting during election season
- Hollywood & religion
- Chapman inducted into Opry
- The church of Stevie Nicks
Inside Arab and Muslim Democrats’ last-minute push to get Harris over the finish line
HuffPost: In the crucial state of Michigan, the Biden administration's support for Israel’s wars has helped Donald Trump draw some Arab and Muslim voters.
The Guardian: Mormons were once reliably Republican – but they could tip Arizona Harris’s way
In a time of change, presiding bishop Michael Curry says, he kept his eye trained on love
Religion News Service: Curry, 71, completed his nine-year term as presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, and it’s his casual style and his capacity to adapt and improvise that may be his signature, even more than his historic election as the first African American to lead a mostly white denomination.
This election is critical. So is taking time to rest
Election Day will not be the end of our electoral uncertainty. The odds of us knowing the presidential election’s outcome when we go to sleep on Nov. 5 will be slim to none.
How should Hollywood handle religion?
Deseret News: When done well, faith-related shows and movies help people ask better questions about religion, rather than making them feel like they’ve got religion all figured out.
Steven Curtis Chapman joins country music royalty*
Christianity Today: The Christian music star is the first in the industry to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
The Spark
Stevie Nicks: ‘I believe in the church of Stevie’
In a nearly four-hour interview, the legendary singer* goes deep on longevity, Kamala Harris, why Fleetwood Mac are finished, and much more for The Rolling Stone.
*access is limited for nonsubscribers
