RNS Morning Report: Anxious, grieving, elated: Clergy prepare to preach into the post-election whirlwind

Top Stories Anxious, grieving, elated: Clergy prepare to preach into the post-election whirlwind (RNS) — Preachers are turning to webinars, directories of appropriate liturgies and moral support from each other as they determine how to address their congregants.   Will ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’ be a Christian crossover miracle? (RNS) — 'We live in very divided times. ... But something about Christmas has always united people,' said 'The Chosen' creator Dallas Jenkins, who directed the film, in theaters Nov. 8.   Iran executes Jewish man despite family pleas and attempts to pay restitution (RNS) — Arvin Ghahremani's family claims he killed a Muslim in self-defense, but Iranian law distinguishes in such matters between Muslims and non-Muslims, frequently discriminating against the latter.   Gateway Church congregants take up Morris’ offer to get ‘money back’ on tithes (RNS) — Gateway members have voiced concerns about the church’s financial transparency. RNS Opinion Dear Mormons, our history of worrying about ‘impure blood’ doesn’t end well (RNS) — Latter-day Saints are once again on the wrong side of justice, the wrong side of the gospel and the wrong side of history.   Bishops must grapple with abortion and synodality at fall meeting (RNS) — The meeting of the USCCB will be the first chance for the bishops to talk and plan after the October synod of bishops and the November election.   ICYMI Norman Wirzba on finding hope in the midst of crisis (RNS) — At a time of upheaval, the Duke University theologian and environmentalist urges people to connect to others and nature.   Persecution of Eritrean Jehovah’s Witnesses condemned by human rights experts (RNS) — Thirty years after Eritrea revoked the citizenship of Jehovah’s Witnesses, a recent raid saw 23 members of the faith group imprisoned for practicing their faith. In Other News Women fear Republicans will move to overturn no-fault divorce laws Rome’s most important church celebrates 1,700th birthday   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. RNS is free to read, but it's not free to produce. If you value our reporting, please consider making a donation today at religionnews.com/donate. If you prefer to mail a donation, please address to: Religion News Foundation, PO Box 1808, Columbia, MO 65205. Yes, I support the work you're doing! Forward this email to a friend