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• Churches help Edison aid the poor | With an assist from the pulpit, a program to provide discounted electricity to those in need flourishes. (Los Angeles Times)

Money and business:

• Sorting the saints from the sinners | First U.K. attempt at a measure for ethical investors hits controversy over what is included and excluded. (Scotland on Sunday, Edinburgh)
• Parent cons U.S. cleric | Aid fraud reportedly bilked American Christians out of thousands of dollars. (New Vision, Kampala, Uganda)

Theology:

• Speak of the devil | Is Satan alive and well and roaming the suburbs? If so, does he look like your neighbor? (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Southern hospitals building baptistries | Baptizing critically ill patients is a delicate process, but many don't believe in sprinkling. (Associated Press)

Bible:

• A unique portrait of Jesus by Jefferson | The Jefferson Bible's Jesus was a figure fitted for the Enlightenment, rational but not divine. (The New York Times)
• Catholic women challenge idea Mary Magdalene was a prostitute | Group that promotes women's ordination says disciple is the victim of centuries of male-dominated biblical scholarship. (The Seattle Times)
• How the creation of a monumental work came to pass | A review of Alister McGrath's The Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language and a Culture (Los Angeles Times)

Other stories of interest:

• Over 600 to attend Christian conference in Malaysia | Asia-Pacific Consultation on Discipleship quickly follows World Evangelical Fellowship general assembly in Islamic country. (The Star)
• The biology of belief | You'd think a high-tech snapshot of God would answer a lot of questions about the convergence of science and religion. You'd be wrong. (Los Angeles Times)

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