RNS Morning Report: Trump's cabinet selections represent an unusual slice of American religious life

Top Stories Trump’s cabinet selections represent an unusual slice of American religious life (RNS) — Trump's cabinet selection includes everything from pastors to Catholic converts to one nominee who credits their spiritual rebirth to a book by a Swiss psychiatrist.   Religious traditions can help with holiday blues, mental health experts say (RNS) — 'During the holidays, we are practicing relational spirituality and engaging in our awakened brain,' said one professor of psychology.   Spiritual Literacy Month is one couple’s legacy of right intention (RNS) — Mary Ann Brussat and her husband, Frederic, introduced 'Spiritual Literacy Month' back in the 1990s. They're still at it.   3 dead, others injured in a shooting at a private Christian school in Wisconsin MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes offered no details about the victims but said other people were wounded at Abundant Life Christian School, a K-12 school with about 390 students.   RNS Opinion A Christmas miracle in Syria (RNS) — Assad was the King Herod of our time. Like Herod, he slaughtered the innocent.   ‘Wicked’: A midrash on ‘The Wizard of Oz’ (RNS) — Not surprisingly, many midrashim — these imagined Torah backstories — are about women.   ICYMI Episcopal Bishop Prince Singh suspended but not deposed after Title IV investigation concludes (RNS) — Singh's son called the outcome 'a tragic conclusion to what has been a deeply painful and retraumatizing process.'   Latest Vatican mystery surrounds missing keffiyeh from Palestinian nativity (RNS) — The appearance of a keffiyeh on a Palestinian-made nativity scene at the Vatican caused a stir. So did its sudden disappearance. In Other News Sotheby’s to auction off ancient Ten Commandments tablet ‘They said we were American spies’: Priests describe Russia’s crackdown on Evangelicals in occupied Ukraine   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