How are church-sponsored schools doing on sexual assault? Jacob Mayberry joins me to look at the data, ask what the limitations of the data are, and what lessons we can learn.
Disclaimer: This episode deals with difficult topics. While we feel it is an important conversation to have, it may not be suitable for some ears.
Research shows sexual violence is more likely where women are isolated, unsupported, undereducated, unmarried, and surrounded by addiction.
Discarded boundaries do not produce freedom when children, marriage, and human dignity are treated as content.
Do bias charts capture real distortions? Absolutely; they also miss framing, sourcing, scale, and beat inexperience
Amid frequent claims that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is in decline, a partial database of the Church’s landholdings released today shows impressive strength. The database would make the Church the fifth largest private property holder in the United States. The holdings show that the Church’s land connects well with its mission. The holdings include land for temples and meetinghouses, land for agricultural projects to support the Church’s welfare, land to help sustain city areas around temples, and land used as part of the Church’s stewardship of tithing funds. The news should be welcome for Latter-day Saints knowing their faith’s long-term is secure.
True, people can be self-interested, calculating, megalomaniacal, partisan, and power-hungry. But God sees the whole person—and so should we.
I wanted to draw your attention to the work of Brian Grimm who runs the Religious Freedom and Business Foundation. Next week his organization will be hosting a conference in Washington D.C. where prominent leaders from Fortune 500 companies will be speaking about the valuable role of religious pluralism in their workplaces. You can learn about one of the speakers here: Dr. Judith Richter from Religious Freedom & Business Fund on Vimeo.
Is always-on AI a rival to communion with God? It can exalt convenience, dull presence, and reshape love.
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