Hello Rebecca,
Thank you for your response! I'm a bit confused, since there seem to be multiple unrelated configuration areas.
1. In the customizer->theme menu, there is a "home featured page" section. I assumed this controls which page is shown, correct?
2. In that same menu, "home news category" can be set. I'm unsure what this means, given that there is also a "featured content" section where we can set tags. What are the meanings of "home news category" and "featured content tags"? The word "featured" gets thrown around quite a bit and is definitely confusing.
3. In the customizer -> static front page, we can set a "front page" and a "posts page". Again 2 things seem to point in the same direction! What is the difference between "static front page ->front page" and "theme ->home featured page"?
4. Even setting both the theme "home featured page" AND static front page "front page" to my "Home" page, I get the same behavior: looks good in the customizer, but no posts shown. :(
Thank you so much!!
Francois