Monday's News & ideas - 8/7/2023
- Boarding school survivors share stories
- Christians should engage 'Barbie'
- Can religious freedom counter Christian nationalism?
- Should churches ask for more?
- Churches need paternity leave
- Hiroshima anniversary marks injustice to blast survivors
‘12 years of hell’: Indian boarding school survivors share their stories*
Washington Post: Forced by the federal government to attend the schools, many run by churches, Native American children were sexually assaulted, beaten and emotionally abused. Now a reckoning is underway.
Christians should welcome the conversations ‘Barbie’ sparks
Gospel Coalition: Of the 40 million people who’ve stopped going to church over the last 25 years, 10 percent say they left specifically because of misogyny, writes Jen Oshman. The Barbie movie invites a conversation about our identities both as individuals and as men and women together.
Appealing to religious freedom is the way to counter Christian supremacism in America today
Baptist News Global: Negative witness for the faith may be seen clearly in three areas: Worship, abortion, and marriage. Ironically, the antidote to Christian supremacy in these areas could be one of America’s founding principles: Religious freedom, writes Rick Pidcock.
What if churches ask for more and no one says yes?*
Christianity Today: Jake Meador has a provocative proposal for reversing dechurching. But it may not be that simple.
Paternity leave and the church’s need for change
Baptist News Global: Beyond its obvious benefit to pastors and their families, offering paid paternity leave also demonstrates three ways to make needed changes to church ministries and policies.
The Spark
Hiroshima’s anniversary marks an injustice done to blast survivors
Seventy eight years ago, the first atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima. Survivors involuntarily provided key medical data for years, without receiving any help, Scientific American says.
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