Tuesday, June 3, 2025

RNS Morning Report - After a decade of controversy, clergy psychedelic study is published

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After a decade of controversy, clergy psychedelic study is published

(RNS) — 'Johns Hopkins and NYU schools of medicine carried out the study, and that in itself speaks to the powerful presence psychedelics have in popular consciousness,' said scholar Gary Laderman.
 

In the nation’s capital, a growing Jain community now has its own ‘White House’

BELTSVILLE, Md. (RNS) — The new temple, say Jain leaders, will dually serve the community's growing needs while also sharing what the Jain religion is all about with the larger DC community.
 

Faith leaders, health care advocates arrested while protesting GOP budget bill in Capitol

(RNS) — Capitol police said nine people were charged with 'crowding, obstructing and incommoding.'
 

After years of crisis, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary finds its path

(RNS) — Years of turmoil had left Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with a tarnished reputation and a financial crisis. David Dockery, a low-key new leader, helped right the ship.
 

In ‘Youth Group’ comic, evangelical kids sing silly songs about Jesus, fight demons

(RNS) — Set in a megachurch, 'Youth Group' pokes fun at the 1990s church culture the author grew up in.


 

RNS Opinion

After Boulder and DC: Do we need a new Judaism?

(RNS) — We now need a bolder Judaism.

ICYMI

With new campus, Pastor Doug Wilson’s Christian Valhalla grows in Idaho

MOSCOW, Idaho (FāVS News) — Wilson's expanding infrastructure puts him at the center of a larger debate about the role of faith in public life reaching from small-town Idaho to the highest levels of government.
 

PCA leader Bryan Chapell offers to resign after ‘scandalizers’ flap

(RNS) — Bryan Chapell, the stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church in America, has repeatedly apologized for his comments made during a recent podcast about other church leaders.

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