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• Cathedral to demand Sony apology | Church of England officials will send a letter to Sony demanding an apology over the use of Manchester Cathedral as a backdrop for a violent computer game (BBC)
  
  
• Fantasy meets reality in Church row | The real-life battle between the Church of England and Sony over a violent computer game proves the theory that reality is often stranger than fantasy (BBC)
  
  

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Music :

• Grammy salute underscores a gospel truth | The only differences between the 2007 Grammy Salute to Gospel Music and other events honoring musicians were a complete lack of exposed flesh and the fact that every single artist who performed could really and truly sing (The Washington Post)
  
  
• One man's gospel 'Journey' | Richard Smallwood returns to Washington area to minister and promote new CD (The Washington Post)
  
  

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Money and business:

• Bill orders pharmacists to fill all prescriptions | Pharmacists in New Jersey would be legally required to sell any medication or medical device, even if they object on religious or moral grounds, under a bill that won final legislative approval yesterday. (The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J.)
  
  
• In God's name | Kenyan evangelical Christians are donating huge sums of money to their churches. What is disconcerting to most people is that these huge donations hardly do anything to uplift their lives (The East African Standard, Kenya)
  
  
• Jesus wants you to drive 4x4, says S.African church | Universal Church of the Kingdom of God is expanding fast in Africa and bills its gleaming new cathedral in Soweto -- which seats 8,000 and has room for hundreds of plush cars in its vast underground car park -- as the biggest church on the continent (Reuters)
  
  
• Wide gap shown in Mass. charitable giving | Middle class lags, study says (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Monk'd | How your workplace is like a monastery (Slate)
  
  

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Other stories of interest:

• 'Rabbi Jesus' paintings on display at church Sunday | The paintings attracted national and international media attention last fall when Gundersen Lutheran officials asked Goldstein to remove them from a hospital display because they could be controversial (La Crosse Tribune, Wis.)
  
  
• Many times, church chat in S.A. involves the Spurs | The Spurs traditionally have been a unifying element for San Antonians at their places of worship (Tim Griffin, San Antonio Express-News)
  
  
• True martyrs | Victims of radical Islam and political correctness (Chuck Colson, BreakPoint)
  
  

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