Monday’s News & Ideas - 5/11/2026
- Pastor pipeline is collapsing
- Abuse survivors on settlement
- Leading worship at retirement home
- James Dobson in Epstein files
- Documentary of West Rose window
- Gold fever
America’s pastor pipeline is collapsing
Axios: Fewer Americans want to become pastors, accelerating a leadership vacuum inside one of the country’s oldest civic institutions.
‘There’s not much of a choice,’ clergy abuse accuser says of NY Archdiocese’s settlement offer
National Catholic Reporter: The proposal requires unanimous consent from plaintiffs by June 27, followed by a 30-day signing period, in order to take effect.
At 90, my grandma is leading worship at her retirement home*
Christianity Today: Her decades of service to her community inspire me to be like her, Kelsey Kramer McGinnis writes.
James Dobson’s appearance in the Epstein Files
Religion Dispatches: While Dobson wasn’t personally connected to Epstein, his teachings are, according to some of those most familiar, a natural fit for bad actors seeking to enable or excuse the sexual abuse of children.
Documentary tells story of Washington National Cathedral's West Rose window*
The Christian Century: A documentary on the Washington National Cathedral’s West Rose stained-glass window tells the story of the window’s creation and how it made the neo-Gothic building a space that embraces both tradition and modernity.
The Spark
How Americans caught gold fever again
Soaring gold prices, viral panning influencers, macho gold-mining reality shows, and Trump’s gold obsession have ignited a craze for prospecting* not seen since 1849, The New Yorker says.
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