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Ethnic churches:

Church offers haven, link to heritage | Large Korean congregation provides language lessons and other services while becoming a community force (The Washington Post)

One man's goal: For a tribe to pray in its own language | Fewer than 600 people in the Passamaquoddys' indigenous land — eastern Maine and the adjacent region of Canada — now speak Passamaquoddy or Maliseet, a dialect. And of those who do, fewer still can pray in the language, in part because most prayers were taught their ancestors in either Latin or English, by the Jesuits and the Anglicans who followed (The New York Times)

Religious sites showcase L.A.'s ethnic diversity | For nearly four years, architectural photographer Robert Berger drove all over Los Angeles, looking for historic houses of worship to capture on film (Los Angeles Times)

Black churches:

A family life filled with faith | Black churches returning to historical role as providers of sanctuary and aid to members (The Washington Post)

Churches tend to sway voters, but not policy | The importance of large black churches during political seasons stems from their role as the primary destination for tens of thousands of potential local voters on Sundays (The Washington Post)

Education:

Colleges fail to encourage spiritual ideas, study finds | Students in UCLA survey say they value religious beliefs but that schools evade the issue (Los Angeles Times)

Colleges rarely delve into spiritual issues, students say in poll (The New York Times)

Testaments to a teacher | As divinity professor nears half-century at Howard, his lessons still illuminate (The Washington Post)

Republicans revive D.C. voucher plan | Congressional passage sought this week (The Washington Post)

Students strike selfish pose | Just think how much more money schools could spend on educating children if they weren't besieged by lawsuits from parents seething because they and their children weren't given their own way (Editorial, Los Angeles Times)

Republicans reach deal on D.C. vouchers plan | They'll roll the $13 million measure and the District's $5.6 billion budget into a giant federal spending bill that Democrats conceded they would not filibuster (The Washington Post)

Giving:

Charitable contributions vary by racial group and ethnicity | Study Finds older Hispanics give more time, less money (The Washington Post)

Many churches look to tithing to help meet needs | While many houses of worship offer some type of public accounting, especially those that are part of larger denominations, other churches operate more secretly (The Washington Post)

Good faith formed between churches, banks | Financial collective opens avenues for members (The Washington Post)

Reaping a joyful return on tithing | Normally, a guy buying a new car doesn't stoke my interest. Then I checked the price tag: $350,000 out the door. And then the buyer: John Crean. (Dana Parsons, Los Angeles Times)

New equation for charities: More money, less oversight | America has the world's biggest collection of charities, but oversight of the nonprofit sector is parochial, piecemeal, political and, at times, accidental (The New York Times)

Giving | A New York Times special section (The New York Times)

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