Thursday's News & Ideas - 1/28/2021

Woman who lived at Chicago church for years goes home -- for 3 days -- then returns after judge bars enforcement of Biden deportation moratorium*
Chicago Tribune: After almost four years of living in a Humboldt Park church to avoid deportation, Francisca Lino finally returned to her Romeoville home Saturday after President Joe Biden’s 100-day moratorium on deportations went into effect Friday. But, Lino’s move home was short-lived.

Pope marking Holocaust warns another genocide possible
Associated Press: Pope Francis marked Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday by warning that warped ideologies can pave the way to another genocide.

For many schools, the Master of Divinity degree is moving online for good
Religion News Service: Duke Divinity School will begin offering a hybrid Master of Divinity degree with online classes and one-week in-person intensives -- cementing what has become a growing trend among most free-standing seminaries.

Beloved Everybody, an ability-inclusive church that embodies the beloved community*
Christian Century: At this church, people with and without disabilities both worship and lead.

To make 2021 a year of hope, we can’t think of our challenges in silos
Fast Company: Climate, antipoverty, and racial justice advocates need to come together to eradicate intertwined woes, writes a sustainability leader.

The Spark

Pellet ice is the good ice
Ice is always a miracle,* even if the ingenious invention of vapor-compression refrigeration has made the miracle commonplace, The New Yorker says.

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