Between 2003 and 2024, the amount of time that Americans spent attending or hosting a social event declined by 50 percent. Almost every age group cut their party time in half in the last two decades. For young people, the decline was even worse. Last year, Americans aged 15-to-24 spent 70 percent less time attending or hosting parties than they did in 2003. (Derek Thompson)
Read MoreOn a regular weekday in the United States, most people are working. Unless you’re younger, then more likely you’re in school. Or if you’re older, then maybe you’re relaxing. It depends. (Yau, Flowing Data)
Read MoreSuccess and Scottie Scheffler have become practically synonymous lately. Yet, it’s the world’s top-ranked golfer’s comments on what constitutes true meaning – and more to the point, what doesn’t –that keeps grabbing attention. (Barkley, Baptist Press)
Read MoreWhile it’s hard to measure how widespread faith leaders’ use of the technology is, in an online survey of senior Protestant clergy by Barna Group last year, 12% described being comfortable using AI to write sermons, and 43% said they saw its merits in sermon preparation and research. (Prichep, Religion News Service)
Read MoreLuke Ash, the bivocational pastor of Stevendale Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, was fired July 10 as a library technician by the East Baton Rouge Parish Library because he declined to use pronouns with another library employee that did not reflect her biological sex. (Hall, Baptist Press)
Read MorePastors average 67 compared to other Christians’ 85 on a flourishing scale of 1-100 in relationships, researchers said, and only 28 percent of pastors actively seek help in the area. Instead, they misidentify their need by asking for help in leadership development, spiritual growth and finances, areas in which they’re relatively strong. (Chandler, Baptist Press)
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