Monday’s News & Ideas - 11/10/2025

United Methodists ratify plan to unify denomination while decentering US church
Religion News Service: Under the new restructuring plan, called “regionalization,” the denomination’s nine regions will be equal partners with greater freedom to tailor church life to their own customs and traditions.

Inside a Texas church’s training academy for Christians running for office
ProPublica: The lessons train potential candidates to “stand for spiritual righteousness” and teach them how to build a platform and navigate the campaign trail while maintaining a strong family and church life.

On Dorothy Day’s birthday, the life and work of the last living Catholic Worker who knew her
Religion News Service: Jane Sammon is the only Catholic Worker still living in one of the original Houses of Hospitality who worked with Dorothy Day, now a candidate for sainthood.

Century-old time capsule found at a Utah church evokes memories of a now fleeting Japantown
The Associated Press: A historian’s hunch about what might lie hidden within the walls of a Japanese church in Salt Lake City led congregants to uncover a century-old snapshot of a once vibrant Japantown now fighting for survival.

Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent
CNN: The Supreme Court declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, tossing aside an appeal that had roiled LGBTQ advocates who feared the conservative court might be ready to revisit the decade-old decision.

The Spark

Maybe don’t talk to the New York Times about Zohran Mamdani
“It’s all a bit humiliating — or it is for me. Because I did take time for this reporter, despite my misgivings,” Peter Coviello says at Lit Hub.

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