Wednesday's News & Ideas - 5/3/2023
- UMC bishops meet
- Battles in Texas school district
- America’s loneliness epidemic
- Tarot’s strange beauty
- Chicago labor history & evangelists
- Hollywood’s writers on strike
United Methodist bishops meet, look to pivot after 2,400+ churches disaffiliate
Religion News Service: United Methodist bishops from across the globe are meeting this week for the first time in person since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Christian activists are fighting to glorify God in a suburban Texas school district
NBC News: The bitter division in the Grapevine-Colleyville school district is emblematic of a nationwide battle over LGBTQ inclusion in education and the role of public schools in imparting
America has a loneliness epidemic. Here are 6 steps to address it
NPR: There is an epidemic of loneliness in the United States, and lacking connection can increase the risk for premature death to levels comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to a new advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General.
The woman behind tarot’s strange beauty*
The Christian Century: Pamela Colman Smith was led by her own creativity straight to the Catholic Church.
The Chicago evangelist who held a gospel revival to stop a strike
Sojourners: Some evangelists believed they had to intervene in the lower classes, or else these classes could be persuaded to join the ranks of socialists and anarchists, therefore throwing off the stability of major U.S. cities like Chicago.
The Spark
Hollywood’s writers are on strike. Here’s why that matters.
It’s been 15 years since the last WGA strike, and the stakes are far greater, Vox says.
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