The performance, called Imponderabilia, forces a “confrontation between nakedness, and the gender, the sexuality, the desire,” said Andrea Tarsia, the Royal Academy’s head of exhibitions. There is a separate entrance for the prudish. (Stephens, The Telegraph)
Read MoreMegachurch pastor Andy Stanley is facing criticism for a conference next weekend billed as the “premier event . . . to support parents and LGBTQ+ children in their churches.” Some accuse the conference of being gay-affirming, while claiming to offer a middle ground. But one gay-affirming speaker at the conference told The Roys Report (TRR) that the event’s intentions have been misread. (Shepherd, The Roys Report)
Read MoreCan a pastor’s sins ever really be private? Can a pastor who has made a living urging others to follow a morality code then claim his own failings are no one else’s business? (Smietana, Religion News Service)
Read MoreThe fuzziness of consciousness, its imprecision, has made its study anathema in the natural sciences. At least until recently, the project was largely left to philosophers, who often were only marginally better than others at clarifying their object of study. (Whang, The New York Times)
Read MoreMiriam Ezagui, a 37-year-old TikToker, takes her 2 million followers along her daily routines as an Orthodox Jew, where her “get ready with me” videos feature shopping for modest clothing, purifying kosher pots in the ocean, and wrapping a headscarf. (Lieber, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreA California school district likely acted unlawfully by derecognizing its Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapters because the organization requires leaders to abstain from sex outside of marriage, an 11-judge federal appeals court panel has ruled. (Gryboski, Christian Post)
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