
President-elect Donald Trump will have six religious prayers as part of the ceremony, three invocations and three benedictions. Source: Donald Trump sets prayer record at inauguration | McClatchy DC

President-elect Donald Trump will have six religious prayers as part of the ceremony, three invocations and three benedictions. Source: Donald Trump sets prayer record at inauguration | McClatchy DC
WASHINGTON (RNS) For some believers, a God who picks the president is a God close at hand. For skeptics, the belief can lead to catastrophic conclusions. Source: Did God choose Trump? What it means to believe in divine intervention | Religion News Service

Here are eight ways I plan to intercede for President Trump regularly. Source: Why You Must Pray for Donald Trump — Charisma Magazine

Sally Sarratt and Maria Swearingen, who long dreamed of co-pastoring a church, will take the pulpit next month Source: Couple hired at D.C. Baptist church among a growing number called to co-pastor in nation’s pulpits – The Washington Post

The divinity schools at Duke and Vanderbilt Universities have instructed their professors to start using more “inclusive” language when referring to God because the masculine pronouns “have served as a cornerstone of the patriarchy.”For example: This year’s divinity course catalogue at Vanderbilt tells professors to give “consistent attention to the use of inclusive language, especially in […]

Barack Obama campaigned for the U.S. presidency on a platform of change. As he prepares to leave office, the country he led for eight years is undeniably different. Profound social, demographic and technological changes have swept across the United States during Obama’s tenure, as have important shifts in government policy and public opinion.

Kids are a product of marriage, not the point of it. Source: Love Your Spouse More Than Your Kids

Chicago is a city where almost 800 people were murdered in 2016. If you look at this statistics page, you will see that four out of five victims were black, and as far as police know, four out of five of the murderers were black. Source: Race And Torture In Chicago | The American Conservative

The young pastor stood in a house filled with mourners ready to minister. His parishioner had been strangled, her body dumped. Source: The new face of Mother Emanuel – CNN.com

In Andy Griffith’s rural North Carolina home town, people wish life were more like the Mayberry of TV. Source: How nostalgia for white Christian America drove so many Americans to vote for Trump – The Washington Post