This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

PART I (12:4 - 12:4) Are Americans Losing Their Religion? Big Questions Arise Over Secularization in the United States

• America Is Losing Religious Faith by New York Times (Nicholas Kristof)

PART II (20:26 - 20:26) The Incongruence of Belonging Without Belief: What the Apparent Decline of Christianity the US Reveals

• I left the church — and now long for a ‘church for the nones’ by The Washington Post (Perry Bacon Jr.)

PART III (26:11 - 26:11) India Wins a Lap in the Space Race Against Russia — But the Moon Race is About Much More than National Pride