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This edition is sponsored by Batts Morrison Wales & Lee |
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“For pastors trying to minister to congregants caught in immigration raids, the first hurdle is finding them,” writes CT reporter Emily Belz from Los Angeles this week. |
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“The informal detention centers used by the Trump administration don’t have clear signs or processes, so visitors coming to offer prayer, counsel, or comfort may have to search for the building and then wait in vain for hours.” |
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“Take one facility in downtown Los Angeles,” she continues. “Around the side of the federal court complex, a barricaded, sloping driveway goes down into a gated basement loading dock. Walk around the barricade and down the driveway, and an opening appears on the right to a dark concrete hallway, with ‘B18’ painted on the side of the entrance—the marker for the detention center.” |
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“On a hot June afternoon, the family members, clergy, and lawyers who actually found the basement facility lined up in the hallway and spilled into the driveway. There were Iranians, Lebanese, Chinese, and Mexicans—all waiting during afternoon visiting hours to see someone caught in LA’s mass immigration raids, which have taken an increasing number of Christian asylum seekers.” |
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On The Bulletin, Mike Cosper talks with music industry insider Steve Taylor about his history with the Newsboys and his reaction to the news about Michael Tait’s sexual abuse scandal. |
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“As far as this stuff that’s come out? As far as I’m concerned, it can all burn.” | Listen here. |
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Daniel Silliman, senior news editor: This is the most exciting adventure story—written in the most boring academic language—that I’ve read in some time. |
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Kara Bettis Carvalho, ideas editor: When I moved back to Rhode Island, I discovered Newport Polo. We buy cheap lawn seats, bring a picnic, and spend a couple of relaxed hours watching an impressive game. Kids and dogs are welcome at our field. And apparently it’s all around the country. |
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Harvest Prude, national political correspondent: Tony’s Chocolonely was founded by a Dutch journalist who was disturbed after learning about the amount of slavery and forced labor in the cocoa industry and wanted an ethically sourced alternative. I didn’t know that when I first bit into a bar, though I have fact-checked that it is in fact delicious. And the founder went back to journalism after starting the company! |
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Angela Fulton, Asia editor: My son has got us listening to the Mufasa soundtrack on repeat, and honestly it is so good. Lin-Manuel Miranda can do no wrong. |
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Right now, more than a third of the world cannot afford and access sufficient nutritious food. The newly released 2025 Global Report on Food Crises found that 294 million people…
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Jesus, the writers of the New Testament, and observant Jews never say the name of God. So why is saying it such a trend among American Christians?
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The spellbinding Pentecostal preacher became, for many, an example of what is wrong with Christianity.
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Social media debates about theology can be good. But let’s not make it a quarrelsome spectator sport.
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In the show (and in South Korean society) self-interest reigns supreme.
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As developments in artificial intelligence change daily, we’re increasingly asking what makes humanity different from the machines we use. In this issue, Emily Belz introduces us to tech workers on the frontlines of AI development, Harvest Prude explains how algorithms affect Christian courtship, and Miroslav Volf writes on the transhumanist question. Several writers call our attention to the gifts of being human: Haejin and Makoto Fujimura point us to beauty and justice, Kelly Kapic reminds us God’s highest purpose isn’t efficiency, and Jen Pollock Michel writes on the effects of Alzheimer’s . We bring together futurists, theologians, artists, practitioners, and professors to consider how technology shapes us even as we use it. |
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