Wednesday's News & Ideas - 7/20/2022
- UMC leader killed in carjacking
- Religious attire in college sports
- Survey on deconstruction in churches
- Latino Catholics & abortion rights
- Pastors need paid medical leave
- Books to help with air travel
Teens charged after United Methodist Church leader is killed
Associated Press: A 15-year-old boy was charged Tuesday with murder in the fatal shooting of a pastor and leader of the United Methodist Church during a carjacking in Memphis, Tennessee.
Religion News Service: Memphis pastor is second UMC clergy killed this year
United Methodist News: District superintendent killed in carjacking
‘This is an issue of equality’: Maryland law to allow religious garments in college sports
CNN: Under the law, modifications to athletic or team uniforms can include head coverings, undershirts or leggings worn for religious reasons.
Survey: Most pastors don’t see deconstruction in the pews
Christianity Today: “It may be easier to find people in the midst of deconstructing their faith on social media than within churches.”
A new survey found Latino Catholics overwhelmingly support abortion rights. Here’s why.
Religion News Service: With Roe v. Wade overturned, new data from the Washington, D.C.-based Public Religion Research Institute found that among Latino Catholics, 75% say abortion should be legal in most or all cases. That’s a big jump from the 51% who said so in 2010.
Pastors, like everyone else, need paid family and medical leave*
The Christian Century: “I was shocked to learn that, as a pastor, I had no legal job protection and no access to paid or unpaid medical leave.”
The Spark
Air travel is a mess. Settling into a great book can make for a smoother flight.
“What some people dismiss as ‘airplane books,’ I think of as oxygen masks for the spirit,” says Maureen Corrigan at NPR.
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