Friday's News & Ideas - 6/10/2022

Mexican megachurch leader gets more than 16 years for sexually abusing girls
Associated Press: The victims objected to the plea deal, saying they only learned about it at the last minute and were not consulted.

What supporters of gun rights mean when they talk about ‘evil’*
The New York Times: Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, began his press conference on the day of the Uvalde massacre not with policy but theology.

Study: Female songwriters are dropping off the worship charts
Christianity Today: As big-label collaborations dominate church setlists, fewer Christian women are penning hits than 30 years ago.

The Bible’s imprints on US politics are noticeably masculine*
Christian Century: Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza wants us to reform our collective subconscious.

Bruce Kent obituary
The Guardian: Bruce Kent, who led the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, was the most controversial Catholic priest of his generation in Britain.

The Spark

Icy determination: on the trail of the Baikal seal – a photo essay
Dmitry Kokh has been on a mission to photograph Baikal seals, found only in the world’s largest freshwater lake in Siberia, The Guardian says.

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