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Go Figure

Get the numbers on suicide, world affairs, and the Amish.

5%   Increase in the U.S. suicide rate since 1999.

16%   Increase in the U.S. suicide rate among those ages 40-64.

(Source: Los Angeles Times)

68%   Americans who attend religious services at least once a week who say that the U.S. has a moral obligation to be involved in world affairs.

54%   Americans who attend religious services less than weekly who agree.

(Source: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly)

231,000   Amish population in the U.S.

84%   Growth in the Amish population between 1992 and 2008.

(Source: Religion News Service)

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Jesus Is Not a Brand

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Spiritual Formation Agenda

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Managing Your Money

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A Surefire Investment

Groans Too Deep for Words

Faith-based Super Bowl Parties

The Evolution of Darwin

There Goes the Neighborhood

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Books Uncommon and Offbeat

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The Greatest Social Need

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Jacaranda

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Evolve or Die

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Popcorn in the Pews

Bush's Envoy's Advice: 'Raise Cain'

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Building a Peace Beyond Understanding

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Everyday Lord

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Better Than a Bailout

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Battle Fatigue

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Don't Let Them Die Alone

How to Help Orphans

Our Priorities for 2009

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Black Flight

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Second Thoughts

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Emergent's Divergence

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Microfinance, Now More Micro

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News Briefs: January 01, 2009

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Quotation Marks

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Passages

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