{"id":348254,"date":"2025-12-17T15:24:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/wednesdays-news-ideas-12-17-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T15:24:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:24:27","slug":"wednesdays-news-ideas-12-17-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=348254","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday\u2019s News &#038; Ideas &#8211; 12\/17\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n          <time class=\"date\" datetime=\"2025-12-17T09:56:52-05:00\"><br \/>\n            Wednesday, December 17, 2025<br \/>\n          <\/time><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/2025\/12\/brown-university-shooting-providence-rhode-island-churches-campus-ministry\/\">How Rhode Island churches responded to the Brown shooting<\/a>*<br \/>Christianity Today: God \u201cdraws near to us in our suffering,\u201d local pastor Scott Axtmann preached after Saturday\u2019s deadly attack. Area ministries were active too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2025\/12\/16\/bishop-stewart-ruch-found-not-guilty-on-all-counts-after-tumultuous-church-trial\/\">ACNA Bishop Stewart Ruch found not guilty on all counts after tumultuous church trial<\/a><br \/>Religion News Service: The decision comes more than six years after a 9-year-old child first came forward with sexual abuse allegations against a lay minister in the Upper Midwest Diocese, which is led by Ruch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theeduledger.com\/faculty-staff\/article\/15774114\/a-seminary-president-leads-with-vision\">A seminary president leads with vision<\/a>*<br \/>The Edu Ledger: As the first woman to lead the 188-year-old seminary, Dr. Serene Jones has overseen what many describe as one of the most comprehensive institutional renewals in Union\u2019s nearly two-century history.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/getting-peace-right-why-justice-needs-to-be-baked-into-ceasefire-agreements-including-ukraines-270638\">Getting peace right: Why justice needs to be baked into ceasefire agreements \u2014 including Ukraine\u2019s<\/a><br \/>The Conversation: Prospects for a lasting peace remain dubious. One reason, I believe, is that the proposals pay little attention to the relationship between peace and justice \u2013 a flaw shared by previous plans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/12\/14\/nx-s1-5644117\/australia-antisemitism-sydney-bondi-beach\">Deadly attack on Bondi Beach follows rise in antisemitic incidents in Australia<\/a><br \/>NPR: The deadly shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Australia\u2019s Bondi Beach follows a sharp rise in antisemitic attacks in the country.<\/p>\n<h3>The Spark<\/h3>\n<p><strong>The strange fate of Flight 2069<\/strong><br \/>Months before 9\/11 a passenger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/long-reads\/2025\/12\/the-strange-fate-of-flight-2069\">seized control<\/a>* of a Boeing 747 and nearly crashed it into the Sahara. Everyone survived but no one quite recovered. How do you measure the cost of a disaster that didn\u2019t happen? The New Statesman asks.<\/p>\n<p>*access is limited for nonsubscribers<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"async\" defer=\"defer\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v17.0\" nonce=\"SKM6vKyG\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, December 17, 2025 How Rhode Island churches responded to the Brown shooting*Christianity Today: God \u201cdraws near to us in our suffering,\u201d local pastor Scott Axtmann preached after Saturday\u2019s deadly attack. Area ministries were active too. 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