On Monday I raked leaves and collected links; you could call it my own little feast of ingathering.

• Apparently, if a conservative family wants to block their daughter from going to college, they can refuse to sign off on her financial aid package.
• That Noah's Ark theme park in Kentucky may not qualify for state tax credits if they only hire people who believe in the flood after which the park is named.
• Many Evangelicals distance themselves from Joel and Victoria Osteen, but their views may be more common that we think.
• On the issue of election, this writer states you must choose between two extremes, there is no middle ground.
• Worship Leader's dilemma: Wanting to continue to use a song by [name of worship leader] after a revelation of moral or doctrinal issues.
• You can file this one under the category of Most Counterproductive Conversion Stories Ever. (Author's words!)
• If there are people in your church who have simply run out of money, it may be that whatever approach you take to help them may not be helpful.