Thursday's News & Ideas - 1/14/2021
- ‘Lift Every Voice’ as national hymn?
- Pandemic affects female pastors
- Report on Irish church homes
- SBC meeting on CRT
- Rise of spiritual directors
- Implosion of a bestseller
James Clyburn to propose designating ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ as the national hymn
Religion News Service: The Democratic congressman from South Carolina said elevating the hymn -- often described as the unofficial ‘Black national anthem’ -- could be an act of healing.
Pastor who left ministry to help her children with virtual school wants to return, but isn’t sure how
CNN: Dodd is far from alone. Millions of women left or lost their jobs in 2020. Of those without a job, women ages 25-44 were nearly three times as likely as men to not be working because of child care demands in the pandemic.
Report reveals grim infant death toll, cruelty at Church-run homes in Ireland
Reuters: Thousands of infants died in Irish homes for unmarried mothers and their offspring mostly run by the Catholic Church from the 1920s to the 1990s, an inquiry found on Tuesday, an “appalling” mortality rate that reflected brutal living conditions.
SBC seminary presidents meet with Black pastors but don’t change position on Critical Race Theory
Baptist News Global: Five weeks after the six white presidents of the Southern Baptist Convention’s seminaries ignited a firestorm of protest for their denunciation of Critical Race Theory, they met with a group of Black SBC pastors and didn’t back down.
Can spiritual directors help?*
The New York Times: Nondenominational “spiritual companions” offer to connect clients to the divine in their everyday life.
The Spark
The implosion of ‘American Dirt’
Vulture tells the story of how one of publishing’s most hyped books* became its biggest horror story -- and still ended up a best seller.
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