Tuesday's News & Ideas - 3/16/2021
- Peterson biography on inclusion
- Black and white Baptists
- Another pandemic Holy Week
- Bannon loses court case
- Chicago parish backs Pfleger
- View from the ground
Eugene Peterson authorized biography backs up that ‘yes’ on LGBTQ inclusion
Religion News Service: When Peterson died in 2018, many wondered what he actually thought about same-sex relationships.
Two churches -- one Black, one white -- look to the future with hope
Deseret News: Two Baptist congregations have been separated since slavery; they were healing deep racial wounds when the pandemic hit and separated them again. Now, their pastors look ahead.
Preaching Holy Week in the middle of a pandemic -- again*
Christian Century: Usually it takes courage to preach Good Friday. This year, it will take courage to proclaim “He is risen!” on Easter morning.
Steve Bannon loses battle to set up rightwing political academy in Italy
The Guardian: Dignitatis Humanae Institute, which the former Trump adviser backs, wanted to start the school in an 800-year-old monastery.
Chicago parish fiercely backs priest after sex abuse claims
Associated Press: After the first allegations surfaced in January, the Archdiocese of Chicago temporarily removed the 71-year-old priest to investigate, leading to fierce backlash from parishioners trying to clear his name.
The Spark
A bug’s life
To envision how an ant might see its world, the Norwegian photographer Tine Poppe* places her camera in the dirt of a meadow, lens pointing up, The Atlantic says.
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