Monday's News & Ideas
How to sell Christianity? Ask an atheist.
USA Today: Taking a look at yourself and your religion through the eyes of the unconvinced can be a revelatory experience.
Seeking God's help for a wounded gulf
The New York Times: Gulf state prayer proclamations convey the sense that at this late date, salvation from the spill all but requires divine intervention.
United Methodist Church lifts sanctions against Claremont theology school
Los Angeles Times: To satisfy UMC, Claremont alters original plans, instead creating a new university with separate graduate schools for Muslim and Jewish students.
United Methodist News Service: Senate OKs funds for Claremont, United
UCC News: Multifaith seminary to create new model for theological education
The triumphant decline of the WASP
The New York Times: The decline of the Protestant elite is actually its greatest triumph, says Harvard law professor Noah Feldman.
Alleviate your crushing guilt with The Forgiveness Engine
Mashable.com: Apologizing can be hard. So, cut out all of that awkward groveling, and voice your "Sorry!" to the Internet masses with The Forgiveness Engine.
Muslim-turned-preacher out as Baptist school dean
Associated Press: Baptist pastor no longer dean of Liberty University's seminary following allegations he fabricated or embellished facts about his past.
Christianity Today: Bearing true witness
The Spark
'Double Take' author: Skiing hard and staring back
People tend to stare at Kevin Michael Connolly. He's cute, fit, funny and a champion skier. But he knows the stares are usually inspired by something else. He was born without legs, though that has hardly slowed him down. In fact it drove him to become a raging competitor, both in sports and in life, he says on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday. His memoir, "Double Take," is built around some of the photos Connolly has taken around the world - portraits of the people he catches staring at him.
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