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Zondervan Launches New YA Imprint
Blink is designed for the general trade, not the Christian market (Publishers Weekly)
God and the Profits: Religious Liberty for Money-Makers
The Bible says “You cannot serve both God and mammon.” The Constitution doesn’t. (Public Discourse)
Cult Beer Westvleteren 12 Gives Belgian Town a Lift
Westvleteren 12, brewed for more than a century by Trappist monks in Vleteren, Belgium, is suddenly all the rage. (The New York Times)
Boy Scouts’ gay ban jeopardizes tax breaks
California lawmakers may strip the Boy Scouts of state tax breaks if the organization continues to ban gays from joining its ranks or serving as adult leaders (U-T San Diego)
Does Religion Belong in the B-School Curriculum?
How can we educators claim credit for understanding, let alone teaching, the “global mind” without a single course on the impact of religion on every day life? (Businessweek)
Mission told not to feed the homeless in Seattle city parks
The Bread of Life Mission, which has served the homeless community in Pioneer Square for more than 70 years, said the city has directed them to stop feeding the hungry in downtown parks (MyNorthwest.com)
Higher calling: The New Gospel of Christian Games
How a group of game makers are attempting the impossible: Making Christian games that aren't terrible. (Polygon)
Opinion: Fox News' War on Advent
Perhaps FOX thinks it best if Christians did not spend too much time contemplating a Savior who promised to overthrow the powers-that-be in favor of a kingdom where the poor are blessed and the last shall be first. That's probably bad for business. (Huffington Post)
Haiti Trying to Close Orphanages Where Many Aren’t Orphans at All
The Haitian government has started a campaign to try to keep parents from sending their children away simply because they cannot afford to support them (The New York Times)
For-Profit University’s Transition to Division I Stokes Debate
Grand Canyon University, a for-profit institution in Phoenix, announced this week that it would join the Western Athletic Conference, becoming the first school of its kind to compete at the highest level of N.C.A.A. athletics. (The New York Times)
Economics
Paul Ryan's Catholic Roots Reach Deep
Use of Church Teachings to Justify Limited Government Puts Him at Odds With Some in Clergy. (The Wall Street Journal)
Opinion: Ayn Rand Wouldn’t Approve of Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan and his fellow conservatives embrace only the economic aspects of Ayn Rand's philosophy, forgetting the parts that don't fit with their ideology. (Jennifer Burns, The New York Times)
Opinion: Contraception, Cheap Sex, and the Nonmarital Birth Rate
I haven’t come down too hard on contraception, but it boggles my mind to think that the logical answer to slowing the skyrocketing nonmarital fertility rate is to pump more (and free) birth control into the relationship system (Mark Regnerus, Black, White, and Gray)
Finance
Getting Religion With Faith-Based Mutual Funds
There are more options than ever for investing in line with religious beliefs. (Morningstar)
Opinion: Is It Okay to Walk Away From My Mortgage?
Strategic default (“able yet unwilling” to pay the mortgage) is not behavior that is above reproach (Bill Simmonds, Mars Hill Church, Seattle)
When Religion Restricts Forbids Lending
Judaism, Christianity and Islam have various prohibitions on charging interest—and various ways around them. (The Wall Street Journal)
Poverty
Stance on poverty an example of Catholic division
The politically influential U.S. Conference of Bishops has been unable to reach agreement on a statement representing one of its core values: caring for the poor. (SFGate)
Greek Church Fields Calls to Do More
Church-based efforts feed 10,000 people a day across Athens—part of what Greek Orthodox officials say is the biggest mobilization to help the disadvantaged since the aftermath of World War II. (The Wall Street Journal)
Romney, citing safety net, says he’s ‘not concerned about the very poor’
“I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there,” Romney told CNN. (Washington Post)
Taxes
IRS Finds Problems with Income Reporting at Colleges and Universities
The IRS found increases to unrelated business taxable income for 90 percent of the colleges and universities examined, totaling about $90 million. It also disallowed more than $170 million in losses and net operating losses that could amount to more than $60 million in assessed taxes. (Accounting Today)
Many German Christians quit church to avoid tax
“Social-Democrats and Liberals invented this tax a hundred years ago in order to make the people pay for their church, not only the patrons or the king or the Kaiser,” he says. “It was invented to democratize the church." (Marketplace.org)
Lawyer: Stephen Baldwin to avoid jail in tax case
Stephen Baldwin will avoid jail and will have up to five years to pay $350,000 in back taxes and penalties, his lawyer said Monday (Associated Press)
Economy
Getting Unstuck: Financial Innovations for Moving Ministries Forward
The economy’s ongoing limps and struggles are taking their toll even on growing churches, but some are finding creative ways to address the challenge. (Leadership Network)
It’s not heaven for jobless clergy
Recession has left churches with less money for hiring, more seeking slots (The Columbus Dispatch)
At American Airlines, a Departing C.E.O.’s Moral Stand
Mr. Arpey may be the only airline C.E.O. who regarded bankruptcy not simply as a financial tool, but more important, as a moral failing. (Michael Lindsay, New York Times)
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