Religion News Service

The future of adoption is in a child’s own community

from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2019/12/09/the-future-of-adoption-is-in-a-childs-own-community/

Religion News Service

The Great American Slumbering?

"Maybe the millennials are seeing what too many Christians are not.  Is it possible that we are living through “The Great American Slumber,” a time when too many churches are…

Father James Martin

This Advent, do less and pray more

by Father James Martin https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/12/02/advent-do-less-and-pray-more

Brian McLaren

Q & R: Spermless conception?

by Brian McLaren https://brianmclaren.net/q-r-spermless-conception/

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Resurgence of nationalism is a ‘setback for humanity’, says German theologian Jürgen Moltmann

https://www.christiantoday.com/article/resurgence-of-nationalism-is-a-setback-for-humanity-says-german-theologian-jurgen-moltmann/133756.htm

The Guardian

Colin Kaepernick is the black Grinch for those who dream of a white America

by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar The tactics used to discredit the former quarterback are how conservative America has always treated black athletes who speak out. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/dec/05/colin-kaepernick-kareem-abdul-jabbar

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87 Percent of Americans Unaware There’s Scientific Consensus on Climate Change

from Weather.com https://weather.com/science/environment/news/americans-climate-change-scientific-consensus

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Trump’s EPA is checking off an anti-environment wish list. Here’s who will suffer.

Every day that the EPA quietly ticks off another item, the social and financial consequences are being shifted from polluters to at-risk communities. https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-epa-checking-anti-environment-wish-list-here-s-ncna1086321

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NEW REPORT: EARTH’S TEMPERATURE LIKELY MARKS HOTTEST DECADE ON RECORD

BY MATTHEW GREEN, REUTERS https://sojo.net/articles/new-report-earths-temperature-likely-marks-hottest-decade-record

Religion News Service

The priest who channeled Black Power into the Catholic Church

from Religion News Service Thanksgiving week began in mourning for the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and many black Catholics, as news came that the Rev. George H. Clements passed away…

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What We Can Learn From Waiting

by Lori Erickson https://mailchi.mp/e1b40e7c1f68/waiting?e=e2fa9bfa35

Sophfronia Scott

Writing and Living into the Next Thought

by Sophfronia Scott I find myself in an odd place. I’m mapping the landscape of a fresh loss even as I am untangling a transition in one of my essays.…

The Guardian

Coal power becoming ‘uninsurable’ as firms refuse cover

from The Guardian The number of insurers withdrawing cover for coal projects more than doubled this year and for the first time US companies have taken action, leaving Lloyd’s of…

The Guardian

John Kerry launches coalition to fight climate crisis: ‘We are way behind’

from The Guardian Bipartisan bloc aims to convince people that rapid action is required to halt carbon emissions within 30 years https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/01/john-kerry-coalition-climate-crisis

Kaitlin Curtice

Let’s Acknowledge Our Holiday Tensions

by Kaitlin Curtice https://kaitlincurtice.com/2019/12/01/lets-acknowledge-our-holiday-tensions/

Henri Nouwen

Henri Nouwen on celebrating the holidays — and every day

Excerpted from “Following Jesus: Finding Our Way Home in An Age of Anxiety,” drawn from talks given by the Catholic priest and theologian while he was teaching at Harvard Divinity…

Religion News Service

How colonialism still colors our ideas about who gets to teach religion

by Simran Jeet Singh Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2019/11/26/the-scandal-of-a-minority-american-teaching-a-religion-not-his-own/

Richard Rohr

The Gospel Economy

by Richard Rohr https://cac.org/the-gospel-economy-2019-11-24/

Diana Butler Bass

Quid Pro Woe

by Diana Butler Bass https://mailchi.mp/ab31abf71aae/the-cottage-870747?e=7b45ddc50b

New York Times

To Take on the Religious Right, We Need a Religious Left

By Bianca Vivion Brooks in the New York Times

Religion News Service

Before we can rein in hate crime, we have to admit the size of the problem

by Simran Jeet Singh, Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2019/11/18/before-we-can-rein-in-hate-crime-we-have-to-admit-the-size-of-the-problem/