Wednesday's News & Ideas - 9/29/2021
- Faith groups on border crisis
- Gordon-Conwell racism concerns
- Employers & religious exemptions
- Guatemala’s Orthodox Christians
- Mindful & ethical travel
- Seattle newspaper works with unhoused people
Haitians at the border represent a humanitarian crisis, not a security crisis, evangelical leaders say
Baptist News Global: Americans worried about border security should look beyond the popular-but-false portrayal of migrants as invaders and seek ways to help those in troubled nations not need to become immigrants in the first place. That’s the message of two evangelical leaders of refugee ministries.
Religion News Service: Advocating for Haitians, faith groups pressure Biden to end Trump-era measure
Seminary’s racism deeper than Black professor’s layoff, students say
Sojourners: Students at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary had been raising concerns about racism on campus with senior administrators for months.
Getting a religious exemption to a vaccine mandate may not be easy. Here’s why
NPR: Under the law, employers have a lot of discretion when granting religious exemptions.
Led by ‘Father Revolutionary,’ Indigenous Guatemalans turn to Orthodox Christianity
Religion News Service: Spurred by the conversion of a beloved former Catholic priest, Orthodox Christian communities have popped up in some 120 villages across northern Guatemala and southern Mexico.
Looking for transformative travel? Keep these six stages in mind
The Conversation: COVID-19 has intensified wanderlust – but also the need for mindful, ethical travel.
The Spark
Retail politics
A Seattle newspaper models how to cover unhoused people – and puts money in their pockets, says Columbia Journalism Review.
