News coverage highlights from the week of October 18th, 2021: Young men choosing work over college, a crisis for Christians in Lebanon, kidnapping in Haiti, and post-pandemic employment disparities

Loving those who identify as LGBT without sacrificing commitment to Biblical truth

On Culture Friday, secular pushback to transgender ideology; a movie sci-fi fans have waited years to see; and on Word Play, the origins of the term autumn. Plus: the Friday morning news.

Democrats near spending deal, Pfizer study, unemployment claims drop, the House votes to hold Steve Bannon in contempt, and Trump launches a new social network

Transgender ideology will eventually collide with immutable and undeniable facts

The new film adaptation of Dune delivers the sci-fi epic fans have waited decades to watch

The term fall might be more common, but it doesn’t hold the same poetic influence

The abundance of jobs amid a high rate of unemployment; gang violence in Haiti and its effect on ministry work; and a man on a mission to feed hikers. Plus: commentary from Cal Thomas, a toy emergency, and the Thursday morning news.

COVID vaccine boosters, shots for kids, Parkland school shooter pleads guilty, ACLU sues Oklahoma, and new airstrikes in Tigray

Why are so many people choosing not to work when so many jobs remain unfilled?

The instability in Haiti makes short-term mission work impossible, at least for now

New Zealand boy calls police to report some pretty cool toys

Retired hiker ministers to weary travelers on America’s footpaths

Too many leaders are out of touch with the people they lead

On Washington Wednesday, President Biden’s falling approval rating; on World Tour, the economic crisis in Lebanon; and what prompts birds to pack up and fly south for the winter. Plus: commentary from Janie B. Cheaney, and the Wednesday morning news.

Chinese weapons test, activists urge Beijing Olympics boycott, U.S. pledges support for Ukraine, mix-and-match vaccines, and Haitian gang demands ransom for missionaries

Slipping poll numbers could be difficult for the president to recover from

Lebanon’s economic spiral could take down one of the region’s oldest Christian communities

Israeli diver finds something unusual buried underwater

How do birds know where to go when the summer warmth starts to wane?