Thursday’s News & Ideas - 8/28/2025
- Catholic school shooting
- Bible college closings
- Psychedelics as sacrament
- Friendship across party lines
- Tackling violence to fight poverty
- The happiest place on earth
Minneapolis Catholic schoolchildren listened to a prayer, then ducked for cover from gunfire
The Associated Press: The shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis killed 2 children and injured 17 others.
Bible colleges close, but their legacies live on*
Christianity Today: With the “demographic cliff” arriving, state schools and private institutions alike are competing fiercely for students. A Bible professor and graduate of Multnomah Bible College reflects on the school’s closing, and the ways its legacy continues in the lives of her fellow classmates.
Why religious groups are pushing for psychedelics as sacrament
The Conversation: The push to legalize psychedelics in America is not new. What distinguishes the latest round of advocacy, however, is its backing by a holy trinity of supporters: some scientists, politicians and clergy.
How conservative and progressive Ivy League professors became best friends
Deseret News: Professors and friends Robert George and Cornel West embrace the challenge to be “determined truth-seekers” and “courageous truth-speakers.”
Christian nonprofit in Honduras battled gangs and corruption. Now it’s inspiring Chicago.
Religion News Service: The Association for a More Just Society believes justice goes beyond charity and development work to tackle the structural barriers preventing communities from thriving.
The Spark
The happiest place on earth
Finland has held the top spot* on the World Happiness Report for the past eight years running. After spending a week there, a London-based writer wishes she could unlearn its secret, writes Slate.
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