Monday’s News & Ideas - 7/14/2025
- LA churches prep for ICE
- Camp Mystic’s sisterhood
- Johnson Amendment
- Obsession with purity impact
- Gateway reduces services
- When the river floods
Los Angeles houses of worship plan for possible ICE raids
NPR: In recent weeks, Pastor Caleb Crainer began developing a plan in the event that immigration enforcement agents show up at the door of his congregation, a pressing concern after the Trump administration rescinded long-standing guidance advising them to avoid houses of worship.
Camp Mystic’s Christian sisterhood spans generations and nations
Religion News Service: For three generations of women, Camp Mystic has loomed large in this family’s faith formation.
Who really wins in the abolishment of the Johnson Amendment?
Religion News Service: The new post-Johnson Amendment regime is bound to be helpful to Republicans but unlikely to advance the cause of religion.
My parents’ obsession with purity nearly ruined us. Years later, I found their secret in a box of their things.
HuffPost: My sisters gave our mother’s advice all the consideration it deserved, but as a slowly maturing 12 year old, I took it seriously. Desperately wanting to please my parents, I took their words as a viable ethical position, Victoria Waddle writes.
Gateway megachurch reduces number of services, hires executive pastor
Religion Unplugged: According to a Gateway spokesperson, it will be cutting Saturday services at all of its campuses, except its flagship Southlake campus. This comes as part of the continued fallout after allegations sexual abuse surfaced against its founding pastor Robert Morris.
The Spark
“The river house broke. We rushed in the river.”
On July 4, the Guadalupe ripped our home from its pillars, pulling my family into its waters* and into the night. Then morning came, Aaron Parsley writes for Texas Monthly.
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