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International politics:

• Religion rules in Brazil | In a country where everyone has to vote, the evangelical voting bloc (which votes the way its pastors tell it to) has the power to swing elections (Andrew Greeley, Chicago Sun-Times)
  
  
• Behind Jayalalithaa's Ordinance | The anti-conversion Ordinance is suggestive of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's strategy of moving closer to the Bharatiya Janata Party at a critical point in her political career (Frontline, India)
  
  
• Iran revalues price of non-Muslim lives | Iran's reformist parliament has approved a draft law which puts the same "blood money" value on the lives of Muslim and non-Muslim men (BBC)

Church life:

• Deciding to tithe, even in tough times | Churches have seen less abundant gains for years, but money—Jesus' most popular topic—usually manages to keep trickling in (St. Petersburg Times)
  
  
• A trendy try to reach teens | Promise Keepers, which may draw 10,000 in Anaheim, goes to extremes (The Orange County Register)
  
  
• Pulpit population changes by degrees | Not all seminary graduates answering call to preach (The Augusta [Ga.] Chronicle)
  
  
• Asian American ministers balance ethnicity and Christianity | For second- third- and fourth-generation Asian American ministers, a desire to lead large, English-speaking congregations that offer more prestige and a greater leadership role in the community is blocked by a stained-glass ceiling (Mercury News, San Jose, Calif.)
  
  
• I don't want a friendly service in church | If the Church of England applied the same rigor to its sermons as M&S does to its pork pies, I'd be content (Sue Arnold, The London Independent)
  
  
• Fall from Grace: How a preacher tumbled from pinnacle of his craft | John Eagen built Grace from a church of 1,700 in 1987 to weekly attendance of 4,500. Then he had to resign over an affair. (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
  
  
• Saints here and elsewhere | One day affirms heart of eternal relationships (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
  
  
• Diocese in Orange County awash in red ink | Bishop reports losing $14 million for second straight year. Budget cuts are ordered (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Success in a sacred setting | Places of worship seek to look beyond numbers, cash and buildings (The Dallas Morning News)

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