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Single Christians aren’t finding life partners at church anymore. But it’s hard to trust the dating app algorithms to find a good match. |
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Foreign-born religious leaders in the US face the threat of deportation after a bureaucratic change under the Biden administration. A new bill in Congress could change that. |
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On The Bulletin this week: the history behind the Russia-Ukraine war, legalization of physician-assisted suicide, and education on YouTube. |
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From political reporter Harvest Prude: Reporting for my story about Christians and dating apps—and how single Christians increasingly rely on algorithms to matchmake—officially started earlier this year. In reality, it’s probably been years in the making. I’ve had an on-again, off-again relationship with dating apps. Every couple of years I’d give them a go for a few weeks, only to be frustrated meeting people whom I wasn’t compatible with or who weren’t ready for relationships. |
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Last year, I washed my hands of the apps. But I became interested in others’ experience with the apps, for good or for ill. I went to a friend’s birthday party, and my piece provided the perfect opening to ask other Christians there how they found people to date and how they felt about the algorithms. |
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And the real fun fact is that’s how I met the man who is now my boyfriend. While I was asking people about dating apps, he came over and introduced himself. You never know what you’ll find when you’re reporting. |
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Today in Christian History |
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August 8, 1471: Thomas a Kempis, Dutch mystic and devotional author of The Imitation of Christ, dies at age 91. In his classic, Thomas wrote, “We must imitate Christ’s life and his ways if we are to be truly enlightened and set free from the darkness of our own hearts. Let it be the most important thing we do, then, to reflect on the life of Jesus Christ. |
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Waving goodbye, I watch the glass doors close. On the other side, my mother stands red-faced, tears streaming, in the lobby of her assisted living community. Our family has a…
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One evening, Naomi Cherotich, 17, headed home from her school on the slopes of Mount Elgon in Bungoma County, western Kenya. A man from her village gave her a ride…
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Money is one of the most frequently discussed topics in Scripture—and one of the most avoided in the pulpit. Many pastors shy away from it for various reasons. They’re afraid…
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Pakistani authorities have settled a dispute between rival boards at a 148-year-old Protestant seminary, restoring the leadership of Presbyterian pastor Majid Abel. A four-person commission of the Registrar of Joint…
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As developments in artificial intelligence change daily, we’re increasingly asking what makes humanity different from the machines we use. In this issue, Emily Belz introduces us to tech workers on the frontlines of AI development, Harvest Prude explains how algorithms affect Christian courtship, and Miroslav Volf writes on the transhumanist question. Several writers call our attention to the gifts of being human: Haejin and Makoto Fujimura point us to beauty and justice, Kelly Kapic reminds us God’s highest purpose isn’t efficiency, and Jen Pollock Michel writes on the effects of Alzheimer’s . We bring together futurists, theologians, artists, practitioners, and professors to consider how technology shapes us even as we use it. |
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