Tuesday's News & Ideas - 8/13/2024
- NOLA archdiocese bankruptcy
- Faith moments at Olympics
- Texas church torn down
- San Francisco church venue
- History of ‘Holy Grail’
- Text scammers
Outside trustee formally sought for New Orleans church bankruptcy as costs soar
The Guardian: Media reports showed that the volunteer in charge of bankruptcy expenses admitted to a stunning lack of qualifications.
Five powerful faith moments at the Paris Olympics
Religion News Service: Athletes have long attributed their success on the field to faith. Paris was no exception.
Site of deadliest church shooting in US history is torn down over protests by some Texas families
Associated Press: Crews on Monday tore down a Texas church where a gunman killed more than two dozen worshippers in 2017, using heavy machinery to raze the small building even after some families sought to preserve the scene of the deadliest church shooting in U.S. history.
In counterculture San Francisco, a church has become the place to be*
The New York Times: Yoga, laser art and Bobby McFerrin are attracting residents who are longing for a community — but not necessarily religion.
Why is an ultimate goal called a ‘Holy Grail?’
The Conversation: Several important threads have combined over the centuries to give rise to the Holy Grail metaphor commonly used nowadays. These include elements of pre-Christian mythology, the veneration of relics in Christian tradition, and medieval literature from Britain and France.
The Spark
USPS text scammers duped his wife, so he hacked their operation
The Smishing Triad network sends up to 100,000 scam texts* per day globally. One of those messages went to Grant Smith, who infiltrated their systems and exposed them to US authorities, Wired says.
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