Wednesday's News & Ideas - 5/10/2023
- SBC lost half a million members
- End of Sisters of Charity of New York
- Small boats bill in UK
- Swastika Mountain renamed
- Dehumanizing language can kill
- Prince Harry’s ghostwriter
Southern Baptists lost nearly half a million members in 2022
Religion News Service: The Southern Baptist Convention has lost 3 million members since 2006, about half of that in the last five years.
The end of an era for the Sisters of Charity of New York
Associated Press: Through more than 200 years, the Sisters of Charity of New York nursed Civil War casualties, joined civil rights and anti-war demonstrations, cared for orphans, and taught countless children.
Archbishop of Canterbury to criticize small boats bill in House of Lords
The Guardian: Justin Welby to join peers condemning measures that seek to criminalise people seeking refuge in UK.
Swastika Mountain is renamed Mount Halo in honor of a historical tribal leader
NPR: A lesser-known peak in western Oregon’s Umpqua National Forest was renamed Mount Halo after residents suggested a change to the moniker.
Jordan Neely’s killing on the New York subway reminds us: Dehumanizing language can be fatal*
America: All social engineering is preceded by verbal engineering.
The Spark
Notes from Prince Harry’s ghostwriter
Collaborating on his memoir, “Spare,” meant spending hours together on Zoom, meeting his inner circle, and gaining a new perspective* on the tabloids, The New Yorker says.
*access is limited for nonsubscribers
