Monday's News & Ideas - 3/9/2020
- DC rector has coronavirus
- TN worship after tornado
- Ban on religious symbols
- 10 Christian women to follow
- BYU conflict over LGBTQ stance
- Martha and womanhood
Rector of prominent Washington, D.C., church tests positive for coronavirus
CBS News: The first person to test positive for coronavirus in Washington, D.C., is the prominent leader of a historic Episcopal church in Georgetown, the church said Sunday.
After tornado, worshipers see church as more than a building*
Christian Science Monitor: Tornadoes ripped through Nashville, Tennessee, damaging several churches Tuesday. But worshipers were grateful that didn't stop Sunday services.
A Quebec ban on religious symbols upends lives and careers*
The New York Times: Four women recount how Quebec’s new secularism law has changed their lives.
10 Christian women shaping the church in 2020
Sojourners: Sojourners’ yearly roundup of women faith leaders who are bringing us hope and inspiring us to action.
Brigham Young University students protest school’s ‘same-sex romantic behavior’ stance
Associated Press: Owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, BYU just updated its “honor code,” leading many to believe it had become more LGBTQ inclusive.
The Spark
On Martha and the harm in “perfect” womanhood
“There is no one in the Bible who I identify with as strongly as Martha of Bethany,” Nina Coomes writes in Catapult.
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