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Tuesday's News & Ideas - 10/1/2024

  • Christian relief groups
  • Faith-based affordable housing
  • A year since Oct 7 in UK
  • Formerly atheist philosopher
  • Women want answers for ordination
  • Helene’s impact on one town

Widespread Helene misery stretches Christian relief groups*
Christianity Today: Organizations respond to destruction in Florida, Georgia, and rural Appalachia, but they must pull resources from as far away as Canada.

The rent’s too goddamned high
ARC Magazine: The resurgence of faith-based affordable housing.

‘A cruel and painful year’: How 7 October tore apart UK Jewish families and friends
The Guardian: As the first anniversary of the conflict nears, communities in Britain reveal their internal divisions and a horrifying increase in overt antisemitism.

My leap across the chasm
Aeon: After years of debate and contemplation, one philosopher has come to believe in a Christian God of limited abilities.

Despite Vatican’s evasions on ordination, women demand answers at upcoming synod
Religion News Service: Pope Francis’ Synod on synodality allowed for unprecedented discussions on the future of women in the church.

The Spark

‘Completely and entirely erased’: How Helene swallowed one mountain town
Scenes of destruction* and suffering lay almost everywhere in Swannanoa, N.C. — cars in tree limbs, mangled homes, mud-choked roads and people desperate for water and food, The Washington Post says.

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