Wednesday’s News & Ideas - 6/18/2025
- LDS polygamy revelation
- Gay priest revitalizing TEC
- Church hires deaf pastor
- Australian church in decline?
- 160 years of Juneteenth
- A.I. is changing reading
The LDS historical department just published an 1886 polygamy revelation
Religion News Service: After denying that the 1886 pro-polygamy “Taylor revelation” existed, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints quietly published it on Saturday.
Meet the gay millennial priest on a mission to pull the Episcopal Church out of ‘free fall’
Religion News Service: The Rev. Charles Graves IV is part of a younger, more diverse generation of Episcopal priests who believes the denomination can thrive — as long as it continues to evolve.
With new hire, San Antonio church makes the faith accessible for deaf Christians
Chron: For years, Christian institutions have estimated that 95 percent or more of deaf individuals don’t attend churches, and a limited number of deaf individuals are being hired as full-time pastors to offer their own services.
Christianity is declining in Australia. Or is it?*
Christianity Today: New study finds hundreds of thousands of people, especially those over 55, are quietly turning to Christianity.
Juneteenth 160 years later
Baptist News Global: While it only became a federal holiday in 2021 — joining the calendar as America’s 11th official holiday — it commemorates one of the country’s oldest and most painful journeys: the ongoing fight for true, tangible and equitable freedom.
The Spark
What’s happening to reading?
For many people, A.I. may be bringing the age of traditional text* to an end, writes Joshua Rothman for The New Yorker.
