Wednesday Morning Briefing (Jan. 22, 2025)

Here is the content I plan to cover today:

Trump gets lectured by liberal lady pastor at National Cathedral - Megan Basham tweet - https://x.com/megbasham/status/1881789320044204451 - AP News Article - “At inaugural prayer service, bishop pleads for Trump to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ+ people and migrants” by Tiffany Stanley and Gary Fields - https://apnews.com/article/trump-inaugural-prayer-service-washington-national-cathedral-interfaith-a95b36f962be93c8647cc5144266da11

“Over 12000 members break from the Methodist Church” by Ramsey N. Singbeh, Jr. of The New Dawn of Liberia - https://thenewdawnliberia.com/over-12000-members-break-from-the-methodist-church/

Masculinity Crisis for the Church - “Muscular Methodism” by Chris Ritter of PeopleNeedJesus.net - https://peopleneedjesus.net/2025/01/21/muscular-methodism/ & “Young men leaving traditional churches for ‘masculine’ Orthodox Christianity in droves” by Rikki Schlott of the New York Post - https://nypost.com/2024/12/03/us-news/young-men-are-converting-to-orthodox-christianity-in-droves/

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