Wednesday's News & Ideas - 6/30/2021
- Catholic churches burned
- Methodist vote for same-sex marriage
- Returning to office, and bias
- Bible’s first & last prayers
- Religious freedom for Indigenous
- Black hole meets neutron star
At least 4 Catholic churches were destroyed on Indigenous land in a week
CNN: The churches were destroyed as Canada confronts its history of systemic abuse of Indigenous communities with the recent discoveries of hundreds of human remains at the sites of two former boarding schools, which were operated by Catholic religious groups.
Methodist Church in Britain allows same-sex marriage in ‘momentous’ vote
BBC: The Methodist Church in Great Britain has become the largest religious denomination in Britain to permit same-sex marriages.
Return to office? Some women of color aren’t ready.*
The New York Times: After more than a year of virtual work, employers are making plans to get back to the physical workplace. That has many workers worrying about the return of microaggressions and bias, too.
Living between the Bible’s first and last prayers*
Christian Century: Most days Timothy Jones hovers somewhere between Adam’s “I was afraid” and John of Patmos’s “Come, Lord Jesus.”
How religious freedom law fails Native Americans
Deseret News: In two ongoing lawsuits, tribes are fighting for access to sacred sites.
The Spark
An event so wild it could make anyone feel cosmically small
Gravitational waves have brought us long-sought proof of a cataclysmic meeting* between a black hole and a neutron star, The Atlantic says.
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