Reporting and Opinion that has me thinking today
I don’t know how you begin your day. I spend about an hour reading through different news and opinion outlets. This is what caught my eye and was interesting, as well as challenging, reading.
Study: Most white evangelicals don’t want to live in a religiously diverse country
Religion News Service
Survey paints scary, hopeful picture of U.S. political divide
Baptist News Global
‘Hateful faithful’ model paves the way for a fascist society
Baptist News Global
Why do we teach history?
The Christian Century
‘On the edge of a cliff’: What voting rights tell us about US democracy
The Christian Science Monitor
The Evangelical Church is Breaking Apart
The Atlantic
“If Every Church Said, ‘We Will Take Over Our Community'”: The (Christian Right) Revolution Starts Small and Local
Religion Dispatches
One Lesson of Virginia? The Culture War Still Works
Politico
The Pfizer vaccine is ready for kids 5-11. These are the side effects to watch for
NPR
A Year After the Election, Trump’s Effect on Evangelical Churches Lingers
Christianity Today
Why working-class Americans vote Republican
The Washington Times
A Trans-Woman’s Impression of Dave Chappelle’s ‘The Closer’
Smerconish.com
Rewatched A Video from CNN: Michael Smerconish interviews John McWhorter about his book, Woke Racism.
When you see most of these reports in real life everyday in a small town. Where Church and State seem to have no boundaries anymore.
There is a quote from ALL THE KINGS MEN that encapsulates the last 60 (actually longer, but for our post-George Wallace world, 60 will work) years of our increasingly not common political enterprise. I’ll send it to your email. Take good care—