Tuesday's News & Ideas - 1/9/2024

Biden denounces ‘poison’ of white supremacy in South Carolina Black church
Reuters: Biden’s remarks were interrupted by protesters chanting “ceasefire now,” referring to Israel’s assault on Gaza that has killed more than 23,000 people.

Trump is connecting with a different type of evangelical voter*
The New York Times: They are not just the churchgoing, conservative activists who once dominated the G.O.P.

Christian colleges try eliminating tuition to draw students*
Christianity Today: A number of schools are trying various methods of not charging tuition, born out of their convictions about debt and hopes for students to choose a Christian education.

Martin Scorsese says new Jesus film aims to ‘take away the negatives’ of organized religion
The Guardian: The adaptation of a book by Shūsaku Endō is understood to be set mostly in the present day.

Vatican OK on same-sex blessings sparks divided reactions in Africa
National Catholic Reporter: Same-sex relationships remain prohibited in many African countries, and one Nigerian priest said that the Vatican’s new document “seems to be shrouded in ambiguity and many people are confused.”

The Spark

My unraveling: I had my health. I had a job. And then, abruptly, I didn’t.
The able and the disabled* aren’t two different kinds of people but the same people at different times, Tom Scocca writes at Intelligencer.

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