Friday's News & Ideas - 12/13/2019
- Socialist church?
- Christian withdrawal experiment
- Outdoor church in LA
- KY gov. restores voting to felons
- Religion & parenting stats
- The singular ‘they’
The sort-of socialist church is taking a radical approach to Christianity
BuzzFeed News: Jubilee Baptist is a quasi-socialist, anti-racist, LGBTQ-affirming church conducting a bold experiment: focusing on debt, work, and freedom from oppression instead of fear and moralism.
The Christian withdrawal experiment*
The Atlantic: Feeling out of step with the mores of contemporary life, members of a conservative-Catholic group have built a thriving community in rural Kansas. Could their flight from mainstream society be a harbinger for the nation?
An outdoor church in Skid Row was already close to broke -- then someone stole all of its equipment
Los Angeles Magazine: For the past 13 years, founding Pastor Stephen “Cue” Jn-Marie has held services at 7:30 at the epicenter of L.A.’s homelessness crisis.
Kentucky Gov. Beshear to restore voting rights to over 100,000 former felons
NBC: “My faith teaches me to treat others with dignity and respect. My faith also teaches me forgiveness,” Beshear said.
Christians, Jews have smaller families, solo living and parenting styles
Religion News Service: A new study from the Pew Research Center that compares the size and composition of households among the world’s different faiths finds that Christian children, more than members of any other religious group, live in single-parent homes.
The Spark
The past, present, and future of the singular “they”
The pronoun is Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year, Vox says. Here’s why.
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