Wednesday's News & Ideas - 6/21/2023
- CoE clergy ask for historic pay raise
- Religious identity & DEI strategy
- Vatican outlines synod topics
- Evangelical mission trips
- ‘Across the Spider-Verse’ & the canon
- The decline of American playtime
Church of England clergy ask for a pay raise for the first time in history
NPR: Even the Church of England is feeling the pinch of the United Kingdom’s cost-of-living crisis, and now clergy members are asking for a pay raise.
Where religious identity fits into your DEI strategy*
Harvard Business Review: Even as diversity work has become pervasive in corporate cultures, religious identity is too often left out.
Vatican confirms synod topics will address questions of LGBTQ+ and women deacons
Religion News Service: The document addresses inclusivity toward LGBTQ+ faithful, the issue of female ordination and welcoming toward divorced, remarried or polygamous couples.
Mission trips are an evangelical rite of passage for U.S. teens — but why?
The Conversation: Mission trips are now especially commonplace within evangelical churches, with larger and more affluent churches offering multiple trips throughout the year.
‘Across the Spider-Verse’ challenges the idol of sacred stories
Sojourners: What is the canon, after all, but a story we have agreed to tell together? How much variation can the canon withstand and still be the canon?
The Spark
The decline of American playtime — and how to resurrect it
The world can be terrifying. But we should still give kids the freedom to explore it, says Vox.
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