Wednesday's News & Ideas
U.S. conferences report declining numbers
United Methodist News Service: 2009 figures continue a decades-long decline in U.S. membership that is drawing the attention of church officials.
Memphis Commercial Appeal: Christ United Methodist Church replaces pastor amid declining members, funds
Glen Falls (N.Y.) Post-Star: Methodist church teams up with marketing firm
Misfit entrepreneurs
Harvard Business Review blogs: The thing that stands out most about great entrepreneurs is vulnerability.
A call to Catholics to 'come home' again
The Boston Globe: Boston Archdiocese aims ad campaign at inactive parishioners.
Growing number of worshipers make themselves at home
The Denver Post: Growing numbers of Coloradans believe the tiny house church might be the mightier transformer of Christian lives.
Dynamic pastor Dr. Gina Stewart leads the way as more women shepherd black Protestant flocks
Memphis Commercial Appeal: Some said Gina Stewart wouldn't last three months as a Baptist pastor, but 15 years later her church has grown from 500 members to more than 4,000.
La. bishops: No guns in Catholic churches
Associated Press: Bishops say concealed handguns won't be allowed in Roman Catholic churches in Louisiana, despite a new state law allowing them.
The Spark
Perfection in the horseshoe pit
From behind a neat, ranch-style house on Melody Lane in Defiance, Ohio, came the clinking and clanking rhythm of iron striking iron. The best horseshoe player in history -- and according to the New York Times, perhaps the most dominant athlete in any sport in the country -- Alan Francis threw one ringer after another. "Those are the sounds you want," he said. (For a quick tutorial from Francis, watch this video on YouTube).
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The Catholic Church is Finished
Thanks for the link to the story in the Boston Globe about Catholics coming home. If you want to read a great posting that explains why Catholics are so mad read- The Catholic Church is Finished- which is posted in the Joyful Catholic Blog - http://thejoyfulcatholic.wordpress.com
It gives the reader a very clear picture why it's OK to be mad but why you do not walk away from the Church
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