Emily Brown

3 days ago | relevantmagazine.com | Emily Brown

A growing body of data is pointing to a new and very real relational standoff: young men are becoming more religious and more conservative, while young women are not. And that divide is turning modern dating into a deadlock. For decades, religion researchers agreed on one thing: Women are the backbone of American faith. They filled the Bible studies, prayer groups and Sunday school rosters. But according to political scientist and pastor Ryan Burge, that story is starting to unravel.

3 days ago | relevantmagazine.com | Emily Brown

NBCUniversal has unveiled the first look at The Paper, a new spinoff of The Office that trades printers for a printing press. The mockumentary follows a struggling Ohio newspaper and a brand-new cast of characters (plus one familiar face). The first footage premiered Monday during NBC’s upfront presentation at Radio City Music Hall, introduced by cast members Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore and Oscar Nuñez.

3 days ago | relevantmagazine.com | Emily Brown

Most people hate waiting. We try to avoid it, hack it, optimize it. We complain when a package takes more than two days to arrive or when our lunch detours five extra blocks. In a culture conditioned to expect everything now, waiting feels like failure. But for DawnCheré Wilkerson, waiting is not a problem to solve — it’s a posture to embrace. Her new book, Slow Burn: The Work and Wonder of the Wait, is built on a radical premise: what if the in-between moments are the point?

3 days ago | relevantmagazine.com | Emily Brown

Fox has greenlit The Faithful, a new six-episode limited series that will retell stories from the book of Genesis through the perspective of five key women: Sarah, Hagar, Rebekah, Leah and Rachel. The series will focus on the “courageous and passionate, yet flawed” stories of the women, exploring themes of love, marriage, motherhood, temptation and faith. The show will also trace the origins of three major world religions—Judaism, Christianity and Islam—through their descendants.

6 days ago | relevantmagazine.com | Emily Brown

History was made Thursday as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and was introduced to the world as Pope Leo XIV — the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church and the first American to hold the role. The 69-year-old was greeted with chants of “Viva il Papa” from the crowd below as he offered a brief address in Italian, Spanish and Latin.