After a year of renewed attacks on churches and religious centers, the U.S. bishops said in a new report released today that attacks on houses of worship constitute the “largest threat to religious liberty in 2024” and could threaten “the very lives of people of faith.”
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A new social media money trend is on the rise: loud budgeting. A pushback against 2023’s quiet luxury trend, loud budgeting focuses on talking about money goals with your friends and family, and prioritizing your financial goals unapologetically.
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The comprehensive, 1,700-word report provided a laundry list of excuses for the Silver Screen slump. I counted seven such justifications: pandemic recovery, “the same old franchise fare,” changing audience tastes, “superhero fatigue,” a lack of consumer interest in moviegoing, an “abundance of streaming product,” and no idea really. Every reason under the sun, in other words, except the one staring all of us in the face: Hollywood went woke.
Read MoreSeveral TikTok videos about DINKs have gone viral recently. They feature self-described DINK (double-income, no kids) couples, proudly talking about their child-free and carefree life, which includes spontaneous vacations and “snobby hobbies like skiing and golfing.” While we respect their personal choices, the underlining message these types of videos are sending is troubling. Essentially, the message is that marriages are better without children and children are a big time drain and financial burden.
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Over the past couple of decades, social conservatives have been made painfully aware of what the term “wrongthink” means. The Oxford English dictionary defines “wrongthink” as a “belief or opinion that is perceived or condemned as socially, ideologically, or morally unacceptable, especially because it does not conform to a dominant, prevailing political or cultural orthodoxy.” That covers most beliefs held by orthodox Christians.
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