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Tuesday's News & Ideas - 11/16/2021

  • Evangelical editor at World resigns
  • Pastors preach abortion rights
  • CCM industry silent on inclusion
  • Monastery in a pandemic
  • Spiritual senses
  • Listening to your body

His reasons for opposing Trump were biblical. Now a top Christian editor is out.*
The New York Times: A clash over culture and politics comes to World, a groundbreaking journalistic institution that covers evangelical Christians.

The Texas pastor preaching about abortion rights*
The Cut: Amelia Fulbright has been taking a stand for years. More and more clergy are joining her.

CCM industry stays silent on LGBTQ inclusion as queer artists carve inroads
Religion News Service: Streaming platforms have allowed LGBTQ Christian artists like Semler to stake a claim in Christian music.

After 20 months of social distancing, why did I crave solitude?
Sojourners: But in late September, fully vaccinated and booster-ed, Cathleen Falsani decided to toe the travel waters and take a low-risk, solo road trip to a destination that might seem counterintuitive: a monastery.

The five spiritual senses*
Christian Century: Lessons from Maximus the Confessor and a dog.

The Spark

The best $15.79 I ever spent: My last terrible diet book
I remembered that my body was hungry because it was keeping me alive, Amy Lee Lillard says at Vox.

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