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• Also: God in the machine? | An art project launched by Tate Online today will guide visitors through a three-step ritual, which includes placing the forehead to the computer screen on a spot marked X (PA, U.K.)
  
  

Money and business:

• Charity money funding perks | Beyond the enormous paychecks some foundation trustees take, the Globe has uncovered evidence of charitable assets being used to pay rent for plush office space and health club dues and to buy luxury cars, Persian rugs, and fine art (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Also: Some charity funds used for perks, travel (Associated Press)
  
  
• Integrate religious, moral traditions | The ethics of business (Frederick M. Denny, The Denver Post)
  
  
• Baptists cut budget as giving declines | The steepest decline in giving by Texas Baptists in two decades led to a sharp 14 percent budget reduction for the state convention (Houston Chronicle)
  
  
• Christian Expo brings blend of faith, creative retail | Vendors sold bookmarks and teddy bears with verses from Scriptures, sweatshirts praising Jesus and other religious paraphernalia (The Virginian-Pilot)
  
  
• Chaplains enter the workplace | Firms say religious representatives help ease employees' stress (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Capitalizing on Christmas | America's celebration is China's windfall (The Washington Post)
  
  

Gambling:

• Saying no dice to slots | Voters in a number of states last Tuesday emphatically rejected big-time gambling propositions (Editorial, The Washington Post)
  
  
• South Carolina Baptist Convention opposes gaming | South Carolina Baptists passed resolutions at their convention Tuesday in support of placing the Ten Commandments or Christian symbols in public places and against the Catawba Indians creating more gambling venues in the state (Associated Press)
  
  
• Casino plan transforms pastor into activist | Assembly of God leader Chip Worthington campaigns for RP 'family lifestyle' (Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, Calif.)
  
  

Catholicism:

• Groups say priest shortage requires changes | The main proposed change: letting them marry (USA Today)
  
  
• Transit riders won't get a peek at this ad | The Toronto Transit Commission has rejected an ad for a fledgling online music service that depicts a young woman wearing a nun's habit and crucifix — and showing her midriff (The Toronto Star, via Relapsed Catholic)
  
  

Other stories of interest:

• Georgia Christians plan apology to Cherokee for 1800s removal | "We, as a group of Christians here, feel it's important that someone apologize for the sins of our fathers," said Mary Ellen Childree, a volunteer helping with the event. "Basically, it's just saying we recognize this happened." (Asheville Citizen Times, N.C.)
  
  
• Erasing of gender roles is sad goal of feminism | Now that I am older and, I hope, wiser, I believe that it is not feminism that will liberate women, but Christianity (Lorraine V. Murray, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  
• Remembering their sacrifices | Christians are like soldiers on a spiritual battlefield, Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told a gathering Tuesday at a Veterans Day chapel service at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Tex.)
  
  
• Religious leaders to debunk myths about donating organs | Traditionally, religion has been the No. 1 reason people give for not donating, but all major religions either actively support organ donation or leave the decision up to the individual (Daily Herald, Chicago suburbs)
  
  
• New Age explores the happiness of pursuit | Critics object to equating New Age thinking with religion, but its practitioners treat it with the same reverence and enthusiasm as traditional faith, if not with the same sense of mutual responsibility (David Yount, Naples Daily News, Fla.)
  
  

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