Thursday's News & Ideas - 6/9/2022
- When work becomes religion
- SBC & Pride Month ‘controversy’
- Europe’s only Jewish farm
- Identity & May church shooting
- Eucharist & broken bodies
- Mars rover’s pet rock
The danger of finding our meaning at work
Religion News Service: In extreme cases, work isn’t just rewarding: It’s religion.
Faced with damning sexual abuse investigation, some in SBC seek to discredit the investigators
Baptist News Global: One week before Southern Baptists gather to respond to a damning independent investigation of sexual abuse problems, the lead story on the denomination’s news site is about “controversy” created by Guidepost Solutions tweeting support for Pride month.
Jewish roots: the Kent farm cultivating Jewish principles of land stewardship
The Guardian: As Europe’s only Jewish farm faces closure, its founder explains why reviving Judaism’s ancient precepts of sustainable agriculture and conservation has never been more urgent.
Complex Taiwanese and Chinese identities are exposed after gunman enters church
NPR: The rampage this past May left one person dead and five injured. It also exposed how complex Taiwanese and Chinese identities are — and how a combustible mixture of political enmities imported by diaspora communities combined with American gun culture can prove deadly.
This is my broken body*
The Christian Century: When illness took over my life, I developed a new understanding of the Eucharist.
The Spark
The Mars rover accidentally adopted a pet rock
A rock has been stuck* to Perseverance’s wheel since early February, setting a new record, says Salon.
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