Tuesday's News & Ideas - 8/1/2023
- Lawsuit to stop religious public school
- Arthur Gay, NAE leader, dies
- Energy audit for churches
- Gunman shot outside Hebrew school
- Women in ministry
- Fatigue from COVID
Oklahoma parents, faith leaders and education group sue to stop US’s first public religious school
The Associated Press: A group of parents, faith leaders and a public education nonprofit sued Monday to stop Oklahoma from establishing and funding what would be the nation’s first religious public charter school.
Arthur Gay, NAE leader who introduced Reagan’s ‘evil empire’ speech, dead at 86
Religion News Service: Gay led the National Association of Evangelicals during a time when Reagan was seeking the continuing support of U.S. evangelicals.
Creative ways your church can save energy and reduce emissions
Sojourners: An energy audit allows church leaders to identify how much money various upgrades would cost and how much money and energy would be saved over each year from those upgrades.
Gunman shot by police after firing outside Memphis school
NBC News: An armed person tried to enter Margolin Hebrew Academy, and when he couldn’t get in, fired outside the school. There were no other injuries.
More women are aiming to become church leaders. Together, they could change American Christianity
CNN: The right for women to be ordained and serve as faith leaders in some traditions has been hard-won over decades.
The Spark
Fatigue can shatter a person
Everyday tiredness is nothing like the depleting symptom* that people with long COVID and ME/CFS experience, The Atlantic says.
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