Tuesday's News & Ideas - 12/7/2021
- COVID changes food ministry
- Photos on changing churches
- Iowa settles religious rights case
- Queer visibility in religion reporting
- Stolen Black icon
- Loving the first draft
As COVID continues, church-run food pantries, ministries adapt and expand
Religion News Service: For churches and other faith groups, sharing food is part of their DNA.
Post-pandemic, will the church ever be the same?*
The Wall Street Journal: These photos illustrate how Christian leaders are wrestling with how to keep their congregations going with fewer people showing up.
Iowa to pay $1.9M to settle religious, speech rights cases
Associated Press: A state panel has agreed to spend nearly $2 million to settle two federal lawsuits brought against the University of Iowa in 2017 after a religious group denied a gay student a leadership role.
The importance of queer visibility in religion reporting
Poynter: Nearly half of LGBTQ+ adults identify as being religious. Why are their stories not proportionally included in religion reporting?
The story behind a stolen Black icon
Sojourners: Before the community at Catholic University could address concerns or engage in conversation about the icon by St. Louis-based artist Kelly Latimore, it was stolen.
The Spark
How pottery taught me to love writing first drafts
In the circularity of pottery, all mass — all creative matter — is conserved, Catapult says.
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