hurch was a much-needed IRL “third space” for the terminally online; it afforded meaningful connection and the potential to turn those connections into serious relationships; in an ugly and inauthentic world, Catholicism offered beauty and tradition. (O’Neill, The Washington Post)
Read MoreAmericans who spend at least five hours a day on social media are more likely to feel heard, but also more open to political violence and less supportive of democracy, according to a major new poll released this week. (Parks, The Washington Post)
Read MoreAn 8-1 high court majority sided with a Christian counselor who argues the law banning talk therapy violates the First Amendment. The justices agreed that the law raises free speech concerns and sent it back to a lower court to decide if it meets a legal standard that few laws pass. (Whitehurst, AP News)
Read MoreMany pastors, pundits, and politicians have claimed over the past few years that a “revival” of traditional Christianity is under way among America’s young adults. Demographers of religion, however, largely contend that nationwide data don’t support the claim that Gen Z is turning back to faith. (Parrales, The Atlantic)
Read MoreThe improbable odyssey began April 1, 1976, when a then-shaggy Steve Jobs and his gadget-tinkering friend Steve Wozniak signed a two-page partnership document that created Apple Computer Co. Jobs, a 21-year-old college dropout, and Wozniak, a 25-year-old Hewlett-Packard employee, each received a 45% stake in Apple, with the remaining 10% going to their 41-year-old adviser, Ron Wayne. (Liedtke, AP News)
Read MoreA federal judge in Texas on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the 70-year-old ban on political activity by churches, abruptly ending a case that conservative Christian groups had hoped could free pastors to endorse candidates from the pulpit. (Fahrenthold & Dias, The New York Times)
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