RNS Morning Report: A Calvin professor officiated a same-sex wedding. It likely cost him his job.

Quote of the Day “Some of these lots could potentially be used to build affordable housing or … some type of community facility to serve congregants in a new way and generate additional revenue to the organization.” – Jorge Damian de la Paz, a representative of Mayor Daniella Levine Cava Top Stories  A Calvin professor officiated a same-sex wedding. It likely cost him his job. (RNS) — Calvin’s Professional Status Committee decided not to renew the professor's two-year appointment due to his ongoing conflict with school leaders over the issue of LGBT inclusion.   Movement to build affordable housing on church land reaches Florida (RNS) — 'Religious organizations, in aggregate, are some of the largest owners of land in Miami-Dade County.'   State Sen. Mallory McMorrow on reclaiming faith from those using it as ‘a weapon to hate people’ (RNS) — 'That's been the overwhelming response: that faith isn't hateful,' she said.   ‘All war is anachronistic’: Pope Francis struggles to gain traction for peaceful vision (RNS) — Pope Francis' refusal to condemn Putin by name disguises his 'severe moral judgment' of the war, experts say.   Rev. Al Sharpton delivers eulogy after police killing of Patrick Lyoya (RNS) — 'We were created in the image of God,' Sharpton said. 'And what God put together, you don’t have the right to violate.'   The climate crisis is increasingly a refugee crisis, faith resettlement groups say (RNS) — For more than 80 years, LIRS has helped resettle refugees — increasingly those refugees have been displaced due to climate disasters.   Raskin says he’s worked with cult ‘deprogrammers’ to better talk to some GOP members (RNS) — Raskin described some Republican House colleagues as acting like “members of a religious cult."   Bringing the Torah’s ‘Sabbath of the land’ to Jewish American farmers (RNS) — The tradition of shmita, a Jewish answer to how to fight climate change, is spreading beyond Israel. RNS Opinion The slow-moving rift in evangelical Christian higher education (RNS) — Christian colleges grapple with their theological traditions, but change will be slow.   The wisdom of millenniums gave us the Status Quo Agreement in Jerusalem (RNS) — Peace in Israel lies in the thousands of years of managing the holy places in a holy city.   Your life is a seder, and its story is a haggadah No human story is ever complete. We always wind up skipping some pages. ICYMI The Vineyard was built on friendship and shared values. Then a leading pastor split. (RNS) — The abrupt departure of the Vineyard Anaheim, once pastored by legendary preacher John Wimber, has sent shock waves through the Vineyard – an international movement known for its music and charismatic practices.   Biden’s Uniting for Ukraine program is a start, faith-based refugee agencies say (RNS) — The program, which the president announced Thursday (April 21), streamlines the process to provide Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion of their country with opportunities to come to the United States. In Other News Le Pen is bad, but many French Muslims like me don’t want to vote for Macron either Alice Walker has ‘no regrets’ Talk to Us We want your feedback on the RNS Morning Report — what you think we're doing right and what we should be doing differently. Send us an email at Comments@ReligionNews.com Subscribe to other RNS Newsletters. Forward this email to a friend. View the archive of past newsletters. Religion News Service is free to read, but it's not free to produce. If you value our reporting, please consider making a donation today. Yes, I support the work you're doing! Forward this email to a friend