Monday's News & Ideas - 1/27/2025
- History of churches as havens
- Beinart book on Gaza
- Merging of congregations
- Religious public school?
- March for Life
- Failing in graphic design
Churches have a long history of being safe havens — for immigrants and others
NPR: U.S. churches — once deemed off-limits to immigration authorities due to their “sensitive” status within communities — now face the prospect of federal agents arresting migrants within their walls, under a new Trump administration policy.
‘A moral wreckage that we need to face’: Peter Beinart on being Jewish after Gaza’s destruction
The Guardian: With his new book, the author — once a prominent defender of Israel — hopes to change minds among his peers as he imagines a future of “collective liberation.”
Two churches, two races, one pastor. Can they become one congregation?
Chronicle of Philanthropy: An unusual partnership between a Black Baptist church and a white Presbyterian church, born out of need, has become an experiment in bridging America’s racial divides.
Supreme Court to weigh constitutionality of nation’s first religious charter school
CNN: The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether states may reject religious charter schools from receiving public funding, agreeing to hear arguments in an appeal out of Oklahoma involving the first such school in the nation.
At March for Life, crowd roars as GOP leaders renew anti-abortion vows
Religion News Service: “I want more babies in the United States of America,” JD Vance told the crowd to approving cheers.
The Spark
On trying (and really failing) to design my own book cover
For LitHub, Mary Childs considers the virtues of staying in your lane, despite her passion for graphic design.
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