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Monday's News & Ideas - 11/11/2024

  • Preaching after the election
  • Christians drive revival in SF
  • Harassment on Camino pilgrimage
  • Welby under pressure to resign
  • First Black woman pastor at AME church
  • Election result & trust

Anxious, grieving, elated: Clergy prepare to preach into the post-election whirlwind
Religion News Service: Preachers are turning to webinars, directories of appropriate liturgies and moral support from each other as they determine how to address their congregants.

Christians in tech drive religious revival in SF
The San Francisco Standard: One of America’s most secular cities is experiencing a religious boom with Silicon Valley overtones.

‘I feared for my life’: Stories of sexual harassment on the Camino de Santiago
The Guardian: Female pilgrims tell of terrifying aggression on the path, the lingering effects and their belief that their cases are far from isolated.

Church of England head Justin Welby under pressure to resign amid abuse scandal
The Associated Press: The head of the Church of England, spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, is under pressure to resign after an investigation found that he failed to inform police about serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps as soon as he became aware of it.

Historic Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church appoints the first woman pastor in its 237-year existence*
The Philadelphia Inquirer: The Rev. Carolyn Cavaness will lead her first service this Sunday, Nov. 10.

The Spark

There’s a lot of fighting over why Harris lost. But everyone seems to want to avoid this explanation.
It wasn’t the fascism-loving felon whom voters couldn’t trust.* It was the Black woman, Nadira Goffe writes for Slate.

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