Monday’s News & Ideas - 1/26/2026
- Clergy rally in Minneapolis
- What is said on Sunday matters
- Sex-abuse case of chef & minister
- No Christian revival in UK
- Friendships seek truth
- America’s gambling epidemic
Thousands rally against immigration enforcement in subzero Minnesota temperatures
The Associated Press: Police arrested about 100 clergy demonstrating against immigration enforcement at Minnesota’s largest airport Friday, and several thousand gathered in downtown Minneapolis despite Arctic temperatures to protest the Trump administration’s crackdown.
Religion News Service: Inside the effort to organize clergy nationwide to resist ICE
What your pastor says this Sunday matters very much
Baptist News Global: This is the time for the great emptying of the whitewashed sepulchers of a distorted American Christianity.
A new look at the sex-abuse case against TV’s ‘Frugal Gourmet’*
The New York Times: Three decades after allegations that the chef and ordained Methodist minister Jeff Smith assaulted boys, a documentary series delves further into his story.
Has there been a Christian revival among young adults in the U.K.? Recent surveys may be misleading
Pew Research Center: Surveys using random samples of the population do not show clear evidence of a Christian resurgence.
Two unlikely friends offer university students, faculty advice for fruitful conversations
Deseret News: Ivy League professors Robert P. George and Cornel West don’t agree on many issues, but they are best friends seeking truth together.
The Spark
On tilt
Harper’s Magazine writes about America’s new gambling epidemic.
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