American Culture

“The rising demand for ayahuasca has led to hundreds of churches like this one…protected from prosecution by a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court ruling. In that case, a New Mexico branch of a Brazilian-based ayahuasca church won the right to use the drug as a sacrament” - RNS

“There’s a simple story out there that Americans don’t want religion mixing in politics. The reality is that they don’t want other people’s religion mixing with their politics.” - GetReligion

“From school and work to fatherhood and friendship, we need a vision of manhood that both sexes can celebrate.” - CToday

“The enemy is still America/Europeans. The victims this time: whales. For all its technological innovation, the sheer banality of its theme is the most remarkable thing about it.” - Acton

“Why does it matter that we have biblical views on business or healthcare or science or education? Why should we work for a biblical view of economics?” - IFWE

“Douthat and Moore consider what it looks like for Christians to engage civically without surrendering to the relentless urgency of the political cycle” - Moore to the Point

“three out of four (74%) say they want to grow spiritually. Additionally, the same proportion (77%) say they believe in a higher power.” - Barna

“there is a more profound theological reason that the Age of Feeling turns to an Age of Anxiety. We are creatures and not the Creator. We were never designed to bear the impossible weight of creating and sustaining our identities.” - World

“the share of kids living with their parents has actually risen by about 1.5 percentage points…. nothing to sneeze at, especially given what seemed to be an inexorable decline between 1960 and the early 2010s.” - IFS

“Bills chaplain Len Vanden Bos said he has witnessed a unifying desire for prayer among both players and fans since Hamlin fell to the turf in Cincinnati.” - RNS