1. Can the Evangelical Left Rise Again?
“The Evangelical left, once a substantial contingent of American life, is now seemingly small and powerless compared to its rightwing counterpart.”
2. Why Every Church Needs a Drag Queen
Nadia Bolz-Weber, everyone’s favorite tattoo-sporting, grace-spouting priest, is back with a new book, Accidental Saints.
3. One Novel Way to Bring Healthcare to Poor Neighborhoods
A local neighborhood health center believes it has developed an approach that works for their clients in poverty — partnering with a local grocery story to combine the shopping and medical experience into one outing.
4. New Study: Testosterone Changes the Brain
Due to ethical restrictions, no study had been able to track the direct effect that testosterone exposure has on the brain—until now.
5. Image of Drowned Syrian, Aylan Kurdi, 3, Brings Migrant Crisis Into Focus
The New York Times’ heartbreaking interview with the father of a drowned family shines a light on the desperation, corruption, and despair of the migrant crisis.
"Guns are made for dealing death. ...And given that reality, I see no way to reconcile owning handguns, assault rifles, and the like with the reality of Christ, which is fundamentally about dealing life."
7. Stephen Colbert Reads Flannery O’Connor
Okay, *technically* not from this week...but this surfaced in our newsfeeds and we can't help but share.
“What do you say when the new host of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert asks if he can read a story? You say yes.”
“For those of us involved in the Black Lives Matter movement it is vital that we carry on the tradition of dreaming. … We must stay faithful prisoners of hope to break the chains of systemic evil.” From former Sojourners intern Ryan Herring.
9. Taylor Swift’s Whitewashed Nostalgia in “Wildest Dreams” Misses the Mark…
“We have come to adore films like The African Queen — one of the inspirations for “Wildest Dreams” — despite their inherent racism and misogyny present. But can we love and appreciate those films without endorsing that opporession? Is it possible to create an homage to them without endorsing them entirely?”
10. …Which Could Have Been Avoided With This Socratic Dialogue
SOCRATES: And is it the case that the stayer that will play, play, play is a heartbreaker who will break, break, break?
SWIFT: That’s my position.
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