Tuesday's News & Ideas - 11/5/2024
- Praying for voters
- Lebanese town in war
- Campaign for kindness
- Immigration isn’t politics
- Christian right twisting Bonhoeffer
- Nancy Drew Convention
Prayer, contemplation and comfort food as voters go to polls
Religion News Service: “I think it is important to use all of our resources,” said canon theologian Kelly Brown Douglas. “And one of the resources of the church is prayer.”
How one Lebanese town is trying to stay out of the war around it*
The New York Times: While Lebanese are united against Israel’s onslaught, some in southern towns where Hezbollah does not hold sway say they feel caught between Israel’s firepower and Hezbollah’s fighters.
Caught in the political divide, a Kansas City church runs a ‘campaign for kindness’
NPR: A Kansas church has launched a campaign that’s finding unique ways to bring faith and politics together without fanning the flames of polarization.
Immigration is many voters’ top issue, but these swing-state churches say it’s not politics
Religion News Service: Some Republicans criticize liberal strongholds such as Dane County for offering sanctuaries to immigrants, but some faith leaders in the area, which includes the state capital, embrace that narrative.
How the Christian right is twisting the legacy of an anti-Nazi hero
The Guardian: Experts say a rightwing author is using the theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer — executed for resisting Hitler — as a figurehead against the left, raising fears of political violence.
The Spark
Among the sleuths: Looking for answers at the Nancy Drew Convention
Activities at the Nancy Drew Convention vary year to year, but they tend to include trips to local haunts, book hunting and collecting, presentations, merch sales, and — of course — a mystery to solve over dinner, LitHub says.
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