Friday's News & Ideas - 1/17/2025
- Hegseth nomination
- AI for church leaders
- Gen Z in Altadena
- David Lynch’s morals
- Sanctuary churches at risk
- Social media in disaster
Why Pete Hegseth nomination is a milestone for the rightwing Christian movement he follows*
The Tennessean: To his brotherhood within a theologically conservative, hard-right church coalition, Fox News host Pete Hegseth’s ascension as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department wasn’t merely opportunistic.
Religion Dispatches: Not a single senator probed the most dangerous part of Pete Hegseth’s background: His ties to white Christian nationalism
When the word is not just flesh: Reporting on A.I. in religion*
The New York Times: A technology reporter came across a Facebook group called “A.I. for Church Leaders and Pastors,” and his interest was piqued.
My Gen Z daughter and her Altadena and Pasadena classmates are showing us the way
Religion News Service: It should not be surprising that the children of this community would lead in taking care of their own across faiths, ethnicities and languages.
Religion News Service: What can a pastor say to people who have lost everything?
‘Fix your hearts or die’: The unflinching moral compass of David Lynch
Religion News Service: With age, Lynch grew more confident that some of his questions had answers.
Trump wants to end sanctuary churches. We won’t be intimidated
Sojourners: As we enter a second Donald Trump presidency, the stakes could not be higher for undocumented people and asylum seekers in this country.
The Spark
Social media is for consuming disasters, not surviving them
Social media platforms* that once aggregated news alongside other sources and augmented it with user-generated content have, in the last five years, all but banished the news, Intelligencer says.
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