John M. Perkins, an influential Baptist author, Bible teacher and longtime racial reconciliation advocate, died Friday (March 13). He was 95. Perkins died surrounded by his wife and family, they announced on social media. (Banks, Religion News Service)
Read MoreFamilies are now shelling out more than $40 billion every year on children’s sports activities, according to Aspen Institute research. As much as they may rant about the intensity, time commitments and increasingly absurd economy of youth sports, there is no way to escape it—or avoid their nearest Dick’s Sporting Goods. (Cohen, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreConan O'Brien hosted the 98th Academy Awards at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre March 15, delivering jabs at Kid Rock and Turning Point USA before actors, filmmakers and their collaborators got their well-deserved recognition for making the movies that moved us this year. (Jensen & McClellan, USA Today)
Read MoreNearly four years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a majority of Americans continue to say abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Now, with a patchwork of differing state laws in effect, perceptions of abortion access vary by where people live. (Hartig, Cerda & Kallo, Pew Research Center)
Read MoreJust like walking under a ladder, crossing paths with a black cat or breaking a mirror, many people hold fast to the belief that Friday the 13th brings bad luck. Though it’s uncertain exactly when this particular tradition began, negative superstitions have swirled around the number 13 for centuries. (History)
Read MoreAs the American and Israeli war with Iran unfolds, some American Christians are speaking of the conflict in biblical terms, mapping end-time prophecies on to current events in the Middle East. (Goldman, The Conversation)
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