Friday's News & Ideas - 6/3/2022
- Rick Warren names successor
- Rise of spiritual coaches
- U.S. abortion bans are theocratic
- Women leading the labor movement
- Australia’s Pentecostal PM steps down
- Ime Udoka, Boston’s first-year head coach
Saddleback pastor Rick Warren to retire in September, names Andy Wood as his successor
Religion News Service: Warren’s retirement will mark the end of a remarkable tenure as pastor.
400 years ago, they would be witches. Today, they can be your coach.*
The New York Times: At a time when more and more Americans call themselves spiritual but not religious, these coaches give us a glimpse of the allure and the hazards of 21st-century D.I.Y. religion.
‘Theocratic’ US abortion bans will violate religious liberty, faith leaders say
The Guardian: The anti-abortion side has monopolized arguments based on religion. But some say their faith supports the right to choose
‘This is our time’: How women are taking over the labor movement
19th News: The pandemic has created an opportunity for new movements in industries that haven’t organized before — movements also led by women.
Australia had a Pentecostal prime minister. Did it matter?
Christianity Today: As Scott Morrison steps down, evangelicals assess the way he brought religion into politics.
The Spark
How Ime Udoka’s brutal honesty turned the Celtics into contenders
After plenty of pushback and a downright disastrous start for Boston’s first-year head coach, his young stars eventually bought in. Now the results speak for themselves, The Ringer says.
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