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May 27, 2012
From Powerlifter to Powerless

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Meditation

From Powerlifter to Powerless

How physical debility strengthened my reliance on God.

Why Civic Engagement Belongs in Every Church's Mission Statement
This Is Our City

Why Civic Engagement Belongs in Every Church's Mission Statement

Churches can commission their members to vocationally bless their community, says California pastor Michael Decker

Men in Black 3
From CT Entertainment

Men in Black 3

Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones are back in black—again.

Also: Moonrise Kingdom

Books
Young Evangelicals Still at War? A Review of 'A Faith of Our Own'
Jonathan Merritt seeks a non-partisan faith, but leaving behind the left-right culture clashes is harder than it seems.


Stones to Bread
Throwing Christ Over the Cliff
How the church can help the faithful stay faithful.

From Her.meneutics
Banking on God Alone: Why I Won't Be Freezing My Eggs
Confronting the barrenness of prolonged singleness amid an uncertain relational future.

Books
Brave New Web: Navigating the Conflict Between Pluralism and Freedom
Religious organizations should defend their public presence without resorting to individualism.

From CT Entertainment
Boy Jesus, Big Screen: Anne Rice's 'Christ the Lord' to be Made into a Movie
The author's 'Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt' is back on track, slated for 2013.

From Her.meneutics
Born This Way? The Moral Universe of 'Glee'
Last night's season finale underscores how the show is just as preachy as 'Christian films.'

Evangelism
Quebec: Canada's Prodigal Province
The province's evangelicals pursue a fresh hearing for the gospel in their post-Christian culture.

From CT Entertainment
The Hurt and The Healer

 
  
 
 
  
 
  
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  • In a Vatican Whodunit, a Punch Line of a Suspect
    An on-again, off-again scandal burst into the open with the arrest of Pope Benedict XVI's butler, suspected of leaking private letters addressed to the pope. (The New York Times)
  • Maine churches raising money to fight gay marriage
    Scores of Maine churches will pass the collection plate a second time at Sunday services on Father's Day to kick off a fundraising campaign for the lead opposition group to November's ballot question asking voters to legalize same-sex marriages. (Associated Press)
  • 41%, a record low: Pro-choice view slides in Gallup polling
    Forty-one percent of Americans identify themselves as pro-choice -- marking a drop of 6 percent since July and the lowest percentage since Gallup began asking the public in 1995 to self-identify as pro-choice or pro-life. (Baptist Press)
  • Dismissal votes shear a third of Mississippi Presbytery’s members
    Unlike some PCUSA presbyteries, which have expelled pastors and filed lawsuits against churches seeking to leave, Mississippi has opted to make the process friendlier, officials say. (The Layman Online)
  • Concord: City wins church tax fight
    The church appealed the bill to the state tax appeals board, losing there in 2011, and then to the high court. Its lawyers argued that the entire church was eligible for a tax exemption as a house of worship and that the city wasn't empowered to decide, room by room, which parts of a church were and were not religious. (Concord Monitor)
  • Obama could have a prayer among Ohio's white evangelicals
    A recent gathering of religious leaders in Ohio indicates that churches don't necessarily march in lock step with the Republican Party. But certain social issues could still make it a tough sell for the president. (Los Angeles Times)
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