Friday's News & Ideas
Beyond believers
Christianity Today: Religion is now the hottest topic for American historians.
Scary ushers and signs of grace
Associated Baptist Press: The scariest person the Rev. Amy Butler ever met was a petite 87-year-old head usher with perfectly coiffed hair and pearl earrings -- and she misses her deeply.
BYU study looks at how business innovation happens
Salt Lake Tribune: Successful leaders ask questions and challenge status quo.
Cardinal Schönborn says celibacy partly to blame for clerical sex abuse
The (London) Times: A senior cardinal has called for priestly celibacy to be re-examined in the light of sex scandals sweeping the Roman Catholic Church.
The (London) Times: Analysis: celibacy under threat
Fashion can reveal essence of the soul
St. Petersburg Times: Synagogue’s fashion-show fundraiser teaches skeptical reporter that clothes are more than what we wear.
For flock's sake: keep homilies to eight minutes, Vatican tells clergy
The (London) Guardian: Catholic prelate says priests and deacons should keep sermons brief and maintain eye contact to keep flock well-tended.
Federal court approves 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance
Christian Science Monitor: Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals says the references to God are grounded in historical philosophy and politics.
The Spark
'The soldiers call it war porn'
Until recently, most people looked at the growing use of airborne drones in combat as something abnormal. But drones and robotic warfare are actually the new normal, with the U.S. military now having around 7,000 drones in the air and 43 other countries flying them as well. In an interview with Spiegel Online -- part of a series on “America’s Drone War” ---- U.S defense expert P.W. Singer says this new technology is radically changing the experience of war, forcing us to ask “questions of right and wrong we never had to think about before.”
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