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Gleanings: June 2013  Subscriber access only

Important developments in the church and the world.

How Creative Business Blesses a City

Phoenix native Aaron Klusman's fast-paced career is a model for Christian entrepreneurs nationwide.

Business Declares the Glory of God

How real-estate developer Walter Crutchfield's gift at making money became a vocation.

Grand Canyon University Gets Free Mass. Campus

For-profit school established nonprofit arm to qualify, but Green family sees benefits in its model.

The Village Genius

Joe Johnston's residential community is designed for, well, community.

Mercy-Full Nurse

Charlotte Thrall provides free medical care to Phoenix's poor and undocumented immigrants.

Class Activist

Ian Danley believes high school is where Phoenix Latinos can step out and grasp a future.

Meanwhile, Love the Sojourner

How Phoenix Christians are helping illegal immigrants as they wait for the economy—and the law—to change.

You Are Where You Live

Where a person calls home may be their most defining quality, says artist Craig Goodworth.

Standing on Shaky Ground: Pastor Tax Break Threat Lessens

Ruling means threat to pastor tax break may have lost its legs.

Conviction and Civility

We should not lose this moment for moral reflection and renewal.

One Wedding and Six Funerals

What it can mean to participate in the life of God.

School Choice 2.0

Supreme Court weighs Arizona tax credits.

Strange Bedfellows on Immigration, Cocaine, and Campaign Finance

The ACLU and many conservative activists find themselves on the same side of the issues this week.

Arizona's Border Crisis

Why Christians should oppose the state's new immigration law.

Immigrants, Gays, & Bankers

Political groups focused their energies this week on immigration, gay rights, Wall Street reform, and the place of Christianity in the public square.

Choose Life' License Plates Hit Red Lights, Green Lights  Subscriber access only

Courts differ on whether messages are state or individual speech.

Faith Test Okayed  Subscriber access only

University says Christian group can require beliefs, behavior of its members.

Grand Canyon University Downsizes Tenured Professors  Subscriber access only

First for-profit Christian college in U.S. says contracts were honored but not renewed.

Christian Ed That Pays Off  Subscriber access only

Grand Canyon University becomes the first for-profit Christian college.

Challenging Canyon Orthodoxy  Subscriber access only

Controversy over book with young-earth views raises protests - and sales.
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Arizona House stalls new tax exemptions for churches
House leaders moved to stall a vote Thursday on the measure that would allow properties not used for religious worship to avoid taxation. Under the expansion, student dormitories, staff housing and shelters would be spared from taxation. (Associated Press)
Phoenix-area mega-churches draw crowds
Every weekend, 20 percent of the Valley’s churchgoing residents head for one of the area’s 32 mega-churches. Two of every 10 churchgoers may not seem like a lot, but consider that the 32 mega-churches are just a tiny fraction of all the religious congregations in the Valley. (Arizona Republic)
One-Stop Sunday Mornings for Cowboys and Cowgirls in an Arizona Town
The Ecclesia church in Cave Creek, Ariz., is sometimes called the cowboy church for its location at a local saloon. (The New York Times)

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