Friday's News & Ideas - 6/25/2021

Hundreds of bodies found at former Saskatchewan residential school
National Catholic Reporter: The chief of the Cowessess First Nation announced the discovery of up to 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former Catholic residential school, the news coming almost a month after the discovery of 215 children’s bodies buried at another residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia.
The New York Times: Hundreds more unmarked graves found at former residential school in Canada*

Conversion therapy is discredited and increases risk of suicide -- yet fewer than half of US states have bans in place
The Conversation: At present, many LGBTQ youth live in states that have no ban in place protecting them from conversion therapy -- a practice that the scientific community has long since shunned.

Gallup finds a sharp political divide on American views of moral values
Baptist News Global: Nearly half of Americans believe the nation’s moral values are in poor condition, and a significantly higher percentage predict those standards are only going to get worse, a newly released Gallup poll has found.

For some evangelical Christians, climate action is a God-given mandate
Grist: Does the Bible say to ‘subdue’ the earth, or to care for creation?

Leonard Crow Dog, spiritual leader at Wounded Knee, dies at 78*
The New York Times: He served time in prison after the 1973 occupation on the Pine Ridge reservation and dedicated his life to preserving the traditions of the Sicangu Lakota.

The Spark

Bushwick Book Club reads together and writes original songs based on the books they read
‘There are an estimated 5 million book clubs in the USA,’ says AM New York Metro, ‘but if you find another one that does what the Bushwick Book Club does, let us know.’

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