RNS Opening Budget — Thursday, June 10, 2021

Author and speaker Steve Austin, who wrote openly about faith and mental illness died unexpectedly over the weekend. Bob Smietana 1,000 words. (category: a) NEWS BRIEF RNS-Prayer-Rug: New e-prayer rug offers digital support to Muslim prayer (RNS) […]

NEWS STORY
RNS-Austin-Death: Steve Austin, former pastor who wrote about suicide and mental health, died unexpectedly
(RNS) — Author and speaker Steve Austin, who wrote openly about faith and mental illness died unexpectedly over the weekend. Bob Smietana 1,000 words. (category: a)

NEWS BRIEF
RNS-Prayer-Rug: New e-prayer rug offers digital support to Muslim prayer
(RNS) —A new electronic prayer rug is being offered as an educational tool for use by Muslims concerned,\ they may make errors in their daily prayers. Thakka Technologies, the company behind the new rug, says that it has exceeded its $15,000 funding goal by over 200%. According to Thakka Technologies, based in the Persian Gulf kingdom of Qatar, the company has raised some $36,000 to develop the new product. By Joseph Hammond. 350 words. (category a)

COMMENTARY
RNS-Silk-Oped: The bubbas-that-be in the SBC
(RNS) — Long story short, what we’ve got is the old guard on the warpath against Moore, Greear and anyone else committed to extricating the SBC from a death match against #metoo, wokeness and Black Lives Matter. By Mark Silk. 1,260 words. (category: k)