For those of you who couldn't live without it, there was a link list on Saturday, December 28th at both Out of Ur and Thinking Out Loud you can scroll back to. If you caught that one, then you're ready to kick off another year of link love.

• Ever been through a church split? Turns out atheist churches have them, too.

• Calories, cavities and Christian music all in a single drink? Pepsi Mid-America produced 12 millions cans of sanctified soda.

• Remember when you missed a few weeks of Sunday School and the teacher would phone you to see if you're okay? Maybe they should do that for public figures who skip church. (Someone won't be getting a gold bar on their Cross and Crown pin.) (Is this article related?)

• "It is startling to see people who are supposedly in their peak earning years instead walking the unemployment line. Worse, the likelihood of such folks returning to the income level they enjoyed prior to being let go runs just about to zero." What's your church's response?