Friday's News & Ideas
A Baptist in a clerical collar?
Associated Baptist Press: Is it beneficial for a pastor to wear a clerical collar? For one Baptist pastor, the answer is an unequivocal "yes."
London buses to carry female ordination advert during pope's visit
The (London) Guardian: In a move that will coincide with the pope's visit to Britain, buses will carry ads calling for the ordination of women.
Minister barred from Peoria County Jail
Peoria (Ill.) Journal Star: A longtime minister to inmates is barred after allegedly making derogatory comments about jailers and encouraging inmates to sign petitions.
Spanish in heaven
St. Lake City Tribune: A letter to the editor for those who were offended when a pastor delivered a 4th of July benediction in Spanish.
St. Lake City Tribune: Hyrum City Council criticized for Spanish prayer
Church gives members a Hawaiian baptism experience
Plano (Texas) Star-Courier News: Local water park a "cool" place to hold a Baptism.
Lawyer to hold rally for Christian missionaries
Detroit Free Press: Muslim lawyer says four Christians who were arrested for disturbing the peace at Arab festival "have a constitutional right to freedom of speech and religion."
The New York Times: Church rejects sale of building for a mosque
Augusta State U. is accused of requiring a counseling student to accept homosexuality
Chronicle of Higher Ed: School-counseling grad student says university violated her rights by demanding that she work to change her views opposing homosexuality.
The Spark
In ice cream sales, no sign of a double dip
While continued high unemployment is making economists nervous about the possibility of a double dip recession, there appears to be no recession in the business of double dips. Official tallies in the ice cream business are hard to come by but, anecdotally, the ice cream market appears to be hot, Time reports. Shop owners around the country say they are packing more cups and cones this summer than last. What's more, the number of customers asking for a double dip, or two scoops, seems as plentiful as ever. No wonder. As Matthew Jacob writes at the Huffington Post, ice cream has always stirred the passions of Americans.
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