Area churches have canceled or altered normal Wednesday activities after a shooting at Apalachee High School left four dead and nine others taken to area hospitals with injuries. (Barkley, Baptist Press)
Read MoreBreaking down the percentage of marriages that end in divorce can be tricky as the numbers can vary greatly by state, by religious affiliation, by race, by sexual orientation, by occupation and by the number of times one has been married. (Austin, USA Today)
Read MoreThe falling U.S. birthrate and decisions by more Americans not to have kids are changing society in ways large and small. It is also changing the experience of older age in the U.S. About half of adults ages 50 to 90 were grandparents in 2023, down from 57% in 2018. (Ansberry, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreThe people behind this movement—call it the Heartlandia wave—claim to represent a vast but underserved audience turned off by the dystopian dramas and grim antiheroes that loom large in pop culture. (Jurgensen, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreThe eight departed pastors include prominent names like Morris and popular preacher and Bible study author Tony Evans, and in three other cases, pastors were arrested for sexual crimes. The size of the churches magnifies the damage to local congregants, North Texas churchgoers told CT, and the series of failings hangs over everyday conversations about church. (Belz, Christianity Today)
Read MoreA California law that went into effect Jan. 1 allows affordable housing projects on property owned by churches, temples, mosques and other religious institutions to bypass an extensive review process and to be built in single-family neighborhoods. The city of Los Angeles is considering even more exemptions. (Smith, Los Angeles Times)
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