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The Washington Post profiles Sister Dorothy Fabritze and Sister Bernard Overkamp of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, who minister to the 40-odd members of the Roberts Brothers Circus while they sell tickets and feed the troupe. They worked as missionaries in Papua New Guinea for 20 years, and when they came back to the states, they went looking for a tightly knit community to minister in. Now, says Sister Dorothy, they're called to "let people in this circus know that there's a God who cares about them no matter what's happened in their lives."

The BBC Promenade Concerts, "the world's greatest classical music festival," attracts a quarter of a million listeners each year. This year's theme will focus on Christianity. Peformances will include Handel's Messiah, Elgar's Dream of Gerontius, Mendelssohn's St Paul, Schmidt's The Book with Seven Seals, and Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms. "Why apologise for the fact that the Christian religion has produced some of the greatest pieces of music in the Western tradition?" asks Nicholas Kenyon, director of the series. "We are not saying that you have to believe in religion, only that you have to be moved and inspired by these works. These are thrilling pieces whether you are religious, atheist or agnostic."

The Ashland, Oregon-based Church of the Creator has sued the racist, East Peoria, Illinois-based World Church of the Creator for trademark infringement. See Christianity Today's article on the white supremacist church, led by Matt Hale, here.

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