Thursday's News & Ideas - 6/20/2019
- ‘Sing Hallelujah’ in Hong Kong
- Church camp sexual abuse
- Switching denominations
- Bible as political weapon
- Religious freedom commission
- Rejection letters
A 1974 hymn called 'Sing Hallelujah to the Lord' has become the anthem of the Hong Kong protests
Time: The minor-key melody is heard everywhere at the mass demonstrations against Hong Kong’s controversial extradition bill and has become the movement’s anthem.
Reuters: 'Sing Hallelujah to the Lord' an unlikely anthem of Hong Kong protests
Not just churches: Camps are also prone to child sexual abuse
Religion News Service: Last week a staffer at an SBC-affiliated camp in Arizona was arrested on five counts of inappropriate touching.
Switching denominations: Why some Baptist ministers are leaving
Baptist News Global: Experts report a growing trend of denominational swapping among clergy.
Stop weaponizing the Bible for Trump: No politician is a Cyrus, David or Caesar
Washington Post: As President Trump begins another campaign round, we can expect attempts to link him to any number of biblical characters.
Right-wing activist Tony Perkins is new chair of major religious freedom commission
HuffPost: The Family Research Council’s president has supported gay “conversion” therapy and said Islam was “incompatible with the Constitution” in the past.
The Spark
“Perhaps we’re being dense.” Rejection letters sent to famous writers
Literary Hub compiles some kind, some weird and some unbelievably harsh rejections.
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