Wednesday’s News & Ideas - 1/7/2026
- One year after LA fires
- Data shows no religious revival
- Yancey retires after admitting affair
- Pope’s AI conference
- Orthodox Christian Easter
- Visual archive of Jan 6, 2021
A house of worship without a home*
Christianity Today: One year after the Palisades and Eaton fires, congregations meditate on what it means to be a church without a building.
What the data really says about religious revival and Gen Z
Deseret News: The reversal of a trend would require a transformation unlike anything we’ve seen in modern times.
Philip Yancey, beloved evangelical author, retires after admitting affair
Religion News Service: In books such as “What’s So Amazing About Grace?” and “Where Is God When It Hurts?,” Yancey spoke to evangelicals struggling with doubts and dealing with hardship.
Pope Leo’s AI moment
ARC: At a recent conference on artificial intelligence, Catholic teaching met the newest technological revolution and the oldest question: what is a human being?
Why do 250 million Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7?
Al Jazeera: Orthodox and Coptic Christians don’t believe Jesus was born on a different day; they just use a different calendar.
The Spark
‘This is not a peaceful protest!’
A visual archive of Jan. 6, 2021 from NPR, through the lenses of those who were there.
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