One hundred years ago, the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio opened for business in the back half of a real estate office in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles. Walt Disney had come to Hollywood that summer after the bankruptcy of his first venture, Laugh-O-gram Films, in Kansas City, Mo. He joined his older brother, Roy O. Disney, who was already living in California and willing to risk $250 on his sibling’s dreams. (James, Los Angeles Times)
Read MoreBible users who worship God online are most likely to read the Bible at least weekly apart from church service, the American Bible Society (ABS) said in its latest 2023 State of the Bible release. Among online worshipers, 74 percent read the Bible at least weekly, whether they worship solely online or online and in person. Of in-person-only worshippers, 32 percent read the Bible at least weekly, the ABS said. (Chandler, Baptist Press)
Read MoreThe organizing principle of the Eras Tour is that it is a celebration of Taylor Swift’s own eras — how, at 33, she has already cycled through so many periods of identity on her public journey from girl to woman. (Brodesser-Akner, The New York Times)
Read MoreThe Indian Supreme Court has decided against legalising same-sex marriages, leaving it to parliament instead, in a decision that will dismay the country’s LGBTQ community. Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud, the chief justice of India, said it was up to parliament to change the existing laws on marriage. All the court could do was interpret the law. (Dhillon, The Times UK)
Read MoreSince World War II and the Nazis’ defeat, one motto has towered over German politics: “Never again” should Jews here have to fear for their lives. Now anti-Jewish sentiment is surging in the country’s large and growing Muslim community, much expanded by the country’s openness to asylum seekers from a war-ravaged Middle East. (Pancevski, The Wall Street Journal)
Read More“Within a generation, even a place like the SBC can fold” on LGBTQ issues, Gagnon said. “I know it sounds unthinkable as of now. But think about the fact that in the case of Andy Stanley, in one generation we’ve gone from his conservative father, [former SBC President] Charles Stanley, to Andy Stanley effectively opening the door for acceptance of homosexual practice and transgenderism.” (Roach, Baptist Press)
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