Morning Reading . . .
My morning reading settled on a few sites I’ve not visited in a couple of weeks thus drew my concentrated attention.
Why I find The Handmaid’s Tale surprisingly comforting
Kathryn Reklis, The Christian Century
Trump and our damaged public character
Editors, The Christian Century
How to be a purple church in a red state
Brian D. McLaren, The Christian Century
Popular People Live Longer
Mitch Prinstein, Sunday Review, The New York Times
What is “brain hacking”? Tech insiders on why you should care
Anderson Cooper, 60 Minutes
Our Abyss
Martin Marty, Sightings
Our Nuclear Future
Jeffery Lewis, The American Scholar
Patty Jenkins fought for one scene in Wonder Woman — and conquered Hollywood’s biggest problem
Todd VanDerWerff, Vox
Figuring Out the Millennial Christian Giver
Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Christianity Today
Religious Liberals Sat Out of Politics for 40 Years. Now They Want in the Game.
Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times
Your Rabbi? Probably a Democrat. Your Baptist Pastor? Probably a Republican. Your Priest? Who Knows.
Kevin Quealy, The Upshot, NYTimes