Society & Culture

“Phelps is a board member of the Nashville Sunday Assembly, a congregation of nonbelievers that has faith in the power of community. The group gathers monthly to sing together, give testimonies and even hear a secular version of a sermon.” - RNS

“According to the left, humans are to blame for the spread of racism, COVID-19, Ida, and the disaster in Afghanistan. According to the right, those same problems can also be ascribed to humans (though normally different)… . one thing we can all agree on is that our problems are human problems with natural causes.” - TGC

“Annual birth rates are one tool for describing fertility, but not the only one. The Census Bureau recently released another crucial indicator: survey data on fertility history.” - IFS

“In some ways, the fact that the polling industry has done a better job estimating vaccinations than voting is not surprising. Election polls face challenges that don’t exist for non-election polls” - Pew

“… while this series will be net critical of CRT, that doesn’t mean that CRT has nothing to offer to social analysis and that some of its insights aren’t genuinely instructive when it comes to our racial history in the U.S and our current racial zeitgeist.” - Pat Sawyer

“A large billboard bearing former President Donald Trump’s image next to a Bible quote [Isa 9:6] appeared on a northwest Georgia road late last week. The ad, comparing Trump to Jesus, disappeared a few days later, leaving behind a flurry of confusion and outrage.” - RNS

“The mother-daughter duo from First Baptist Church Woodstock, Ga., are on the frontlines of the continuing battle over abortion, but their approach is markedly different from the more militant pro-lifers often seen on television news programs.” - BPNews

“In their first joint statement ever, the spiritual leaders of Christianity’s three largest denominations addressed the United Nations.” - C.Today

Also in the news: Preach Progressive Climate Policy, Ecumenical Group Advocates

“A federal judge temporarily blocked the state of New York on Tuesday from forcing medical workers to be vaccinated after a group of health care workers sued, saying their Constitutional rights were violated because the state’s mandate disallowed religious exemptions.” - C.Leaders/AP

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“Enyart is at least the fifth conservative talk-radio host to die from COVID-19. Previously, Marc Bernier, Phil Valentine, Jimmy DeYoung, and Dick Farrel succumbed after publicly opposing vaccines and/or public-health mitigation efforts.” - C.Leaders