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Church life:

• Sermons need a lift, says Carey | "I am not against traditional forms of expression of the Christian faith, but we have to break into a whole generation and a culture which finds institutional religion mysterious," says archbishop of Canterbury (The Times, London)
  
  
• Church loses the last word | No more, Cardinal Law has decided, should priests allow family members to deliver eulogies any longer than a passing thought. (Brian McGrory, The Boston Globe)
  
  
• If the church rediscovers its Savior, the rest will take care of itself | Rather than bemoaning an absence of truth, churches need to remember why Jesus was relevant (Tim Costello, Sydney Morning Herald)

Defending a heretic:

• Why the final Furlong was just too much (Willie Dillon, Irish Independent)
  
  
• It is reason enough to lose the faith | Dean Andrew Furlong's resignation again shows faith and intellect to be most uneasy bedfellows (Emer O'Kelly, Irish Independent)

Eastern Orthodox:

• Russian Orthodox patriarch accuses Catholic Church of misleading Russians | Patriarch Alexy II says Catholicism isn't a threat, but he sure seems threatened (Associated Press)
  
  
• Greek church shows Orthodox exhibit | Existing outside the rules of perspective or line, the earliest images of Christ, Mary and the saints were more evocative than representative, more archetype than art. (The Washington Times)

Music:

• A tale of requited love: A man and a pipe organ (The New York Times)
  
  
• Glass Harp ready to return to its roots | Phil Keaggy's old band reunites, may release new album (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland)

Other stories of interest:

• Hindu nationalists are enrolling, and enlisting, India's poor | Patriotic to some, frightening to others, the Sewa Dham school represents a central project of India's increasingly militant and powerful Hindu right. (The New York Times)
  
  
• The role of religion in the modern world | It is not just militant Islam that frightens me; it is the 40 million Americans who identify themselves as Christian conservatives (Joan Smith, The Times, London)
  
  
• A pilgrim for our age | John Bunyan left an example of personal endurance, of faith in the poor, and of the importance of making relationships (Bob Holman, The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Philippine Roman Catholic Church taps SMS to spread gospel | "Catextism" sends prayer guides, Bible verses to text messaging services (Metropolitan Computer Times)

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