Wednesday’s News & Ideas - 7/15/2026

Faith-based AI company Gloo faces moment of truth after $438M in losses
Religion News Service: Serial entrepreneur Scott Beck believes he has a mission to help churches and Christian ministries spread God’s work and help others. After years of financial losses, he believes his investment in building a faith-based tech company will soon pay off.

Amid ICE killings, more than 100 clergy from across the US stage protest at Delaney Hall
Religion News Service: “I am sick and tired of waking up every morning to see another loved one is dead,” said Charlene Walker, head of Faith in New Jersey.

Too weak to advocate for herself, a young woman is saved by a nun
NPR: After Solitaire Miles had a stroke at 18, a strong-willed nun saved her life.

20 years after his wife fell to her death in Utah, a youth pastor’s story unravels
CNN: When Bernadette Vander Meer told David Vander Meer she wanted a divorce, the youth pastor told her to consider the optics.

An agnostic who out-Christianed the Christians
The Christian Century: The 19th-century orator Robert Ingersoll denied God. But his answer to the question of human purpose strikes me as a pretty good one.

The Spark

The hydration-break World Cup
How much can fans conveniently forget in order to enjoy the games? The answer, evidently, is a lot, The Paris Review says.

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