As another busy year of religion journalism draws to a close, it’s only natural to reflect on which faith-related storylines dominated 2023. Religion News Association recently formalized those reflections by having its members, including me, vote on, among other things, the top religion stories of the year in the United States. The legislative and legal battles over abortion rights that played out across the country in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
When I was in college, I helped lead a group called the Campus Activities Board. CAB, as members preferred to call it, hosted free or almost free events on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights with the twin goals of sparking friendships between participants and reducing underage drinking at our school.