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“Many people who feel ‘homeless’ these days aren’t told by their home churches or traditions, ‘Get out!’” writes Russell Moore. ”Instead, they face a quieter form of exile.” https://lnkd.in/gmtRTsEC

“The biggest driver of many Christians’ skepticism of paternity leave is the same as in the culture at large: simple inertia. People didn’t use to have the luxury of paid paternity leave, they reason, and they managed to make do. Having dad at home is an extravagance the baby won’t even remember. Dads who do take leave often encounter this inclination even from well-meaning friends and acquaintances: ‘How’s your time off treating you?’ ‘Managing to fill up the hours?’ ‘Bet you’re itching to get back to it, huh?’ It’s past time for Christians to revisit this attitude.” https://lnkd.in/ghgSW6NP

Childcare costs. Career ambitions. A lack of suitable romantic partners. A new book takes on our anxieties and ambivalence about having children. https://lnkd.in/gJFZ5a8j

The Supreme Court rejected a bid for more restrictions on the drugs for medication abortions, ruling against a group that included pro-life Christian doctors. https://lnkd.in/gwzZK9cm

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In the country's most secular state, tiny congregations have made a big impact by their disaster response. https://lnkd.in/ggnXjkwh

The author of the bestseller died last year. The investigation will determine if the book is appropriate for Christians. https://lnkd.in/gXbUfrkd

The average person is reading less. But that doesn’t mean hunger for Scripture is waning. On the popular video series, podcasts, and digital reflections that are “refusing to let the Bible be boring”: https://lnkd.in/g2UweKKu

Mourning miscarriage means acknowledging the particular life that’s been lost. “Some would argue that it doesn’t matter whether my baby was a person with a soul. But for me, there is no escaping the question of personhood. The claim and comfort of my faith is far more wide-reaching than subjective experience and emotional relief.” https://lnkd.in/gftVNy73

“Being a mother, I’m learning, isn’t so much about the strategies and techniques, after all, whether it comes to sleeping, or eating, or the more complicated tasks to come: discipline, education, spiritual formation. This isn’t just a matter of eschewing two camps for some kind of ‘middle way.’ It’s rethinking the very idea of ‘camps’ at all, understanding parenting less as a philosophy we adapt and more as a calling we answer, at times full of confusion, inconsistency, and improvisation.” https://lnkd.in/gGZ3GedM