Monday's News & Ideas - 8/24/2020

Salvation Army adapts to historic demand during pandemic
Christianity Today: One of the country’s top charities has added millions of meals and shelter beds despite a COVID-19 fundraising crunch.

Can the religious left flip the Bible Belt?*
The Atlantic: Anger over Donald Trump’s leadership has created an opening for progressives to flip formerly solid-red states such as Georgia -- and reclaim the identity of so-called values voters.

A South Texas chaplain prayed with his hospice patients. Then the coronavirus came for him.*
The Texas Tribune: The hospital where he had previously ministered to terminally ill patients was full when Adolfo Alvarado Jr. neared death in his Mission home. He was finally admitted, and his daughter watched on her laptop as he died.

Joe Biden’s overtly religious campaign*
The Washington Post: Joe Biden is running the most overtly religious campaign since Jimmy Carter in 1976. It is as clear as a large-print Bible.

TikTok is becoming a powerful outlet for LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy’ survivors
Reuters: Queer youth who have been subjected to the medically denounced practice have found solace in the controversial video-sharing app.

The Spark

Is resilience overrated?
“I want people to be proud of themselves for being resilient,”* Jami Attenberg writes for The New York Times. “I just don’t want it to be the only option.”

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