Religion News Service Christianity as we know it is dying. Let’s welcome the new life ahead. by Amy Butler, via Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2019/10/30/christianity-as-we-know-it-is-dying-lets-welcome-the-new-life-ahead/
The Guardian ‘The climate doesn’t need awards’: Greta Thunberg declines environmental prize The teen activist implored politicians and people in power to ‘listen to the best available science’ in an Instagram post https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/29/greta-thunberg-declines-award-climate-crisis
Religion News Service The Overstated Collapse of American Christianity Post-Christian possibilities aren’t the only reason to qualify a narrative of secularization. Here are three points more specific to American Christianity that should be considered alongside the stark declinist story…
Carlos Rodriguez Control (the addiction that is costing the Church its freedom) By Carlos Rodriguez https://www.happysonship.com/the-addiction-that-is-costing-the-church-its-freedom/
Joan Chittister The force of daily life by Joan Chittister https://mailchi.mp/benetvision/do-no-harm-to-the-earth-745673
John Pavlovitz Hashtag Activism Alone Won’t Save Us https://johnpavlovitz.com/2019/10/25/hashtags-wont-save-us/
Father James Martin Jesus enjoyed the beauty of creation. We can do the same. The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen on paying attention to and appreciating the beauty of creation. https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/10/20/jesus-enjoyed-beauty-creation-we-can-do-same
Religion News Service Christian aid groups vow to stay to help after US sudden withdrawal from Syria from the Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2019/10/22/christian-aid-groups-vow-to-stay-to-help-after-us-sudden-withdrawal-from-syria/
Uncategorized For Many Immigration Activists, Welcoming “Strangers” Is an Act of Faith By Menachem Wecker https://religionandpolitics.org/2019/10/22/for-many-immigration-activists-welcoming-strangers-is-an-act-of-faith/
Kaitlin Curtice Recommendations for elementary-level books by Native writers for Native American heritage month by Kaitlin Curtice 1) We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorel (Cherokee) 2) Jingle Dress Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Creek) 3) For a Girl Becoming by Joy Harjo (Muscogee Creek) 4) 1621: A New Look…
Uncategorized Thanksgiving: A Native American View http://www.purewatergazette.net/nativeamericanthanksgiving.htm
Uncategorized Offshore windfarms ‘can provide more electricity than the world needs’ Supplies from turbines will prove to be the next great energy revolution, IEA predicts https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/24/offshore-windfarms-can-provide-more-electricity-than-the-world-needs
Religion News Service Three women of faith who changed America from the Religion News Service These three women — a Quaker, a Jew and a Roman Catholic — were polarizing figures who were often propelled by their faith into history.…
Religion News Service Progressives: Let’s leave room for others to make progress from the Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2019/10/21/progressives-lets-leave-room-for-others-to-make-progress/
Jana Riess, Religion News Service Billy Graham, Franklin Graham and the dangers of mixing religion and politics by Jana Riess https://religionnews.com/2019/10/15/billy-graham-franklin-graham-and-the-dangers-of-mixing-religion-and-politics/
Otis Moss III Nearly 6,000 Chicagoans to get letters this holiday season saying their unpaid medical debt is forgiven from The Chicago Tribune https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-millions-medical-debt-erased-20191020-rrhuxwepancrdhcn2gkdtvlp6e-story.html
The Atlantic Nothing Will Persuade White Evangelicals to Support Impeachment New polling suggests that Trump’s base is totally unified behind the president, no matter what investigations might reveal. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/10/trump-white-evangelical-impeachment/600376/
Barbara Brown Taylor, Religion News Service Barbara Brown Taylor: Reformation is a ‘delicious’ wilderness but lonely an interview https://religionnews.com/2019/10/18/barbara-brown-taylor-reformation-is-a-delicious-wilderness-but-lonely/
Religion News Service How William Barr, culture warrior, weaponizes religious liberty from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2019/10/17/how-william-barr-culture-warrior-weaponizes-religious-liberty/
Jacqui Lewis We are not liberated until… by Jacqui Lewis We are not liberated until our LGBTQI+ siblings are free to be who they are, marry who they love and keep their jobs! https://www.facebook.com/Rev.Jacqui.Lewis/photos/a.719247864759366/3662074577143332/?type=3&theater
Kaitlin Curtice WHAT IS OUR WORK IN THE FACE OF EMPIRE? by Kaitlin Curtice https://sojo.net/articles/what-our-work-face-empire