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October 28, 2009

Wednesday's News & Ideas

Evangelists target spiritually cold New England
Associated Press:  Some see opportunity in a place where America's Christian faith laid its roots.

Less than a third of congregations report decline in giving in first half of 2009
Center on Philanthropy:  Lake Institute study finds fundraising at most congregations increased or held steady, but number experiencing declines also grew.

Two white guys walk into a bar …
Newsweek:  Let's move beyond faith versus reason.

The Vatican thirst for power divides Christianity and damages Catholicism
The (London) Guardian:  Pope Benedict is set on restoring the Roman imperium, says Hans Kung.
National Post (Canada): Philadelphia Anglican church could be first to join Catholics
Daily Episcopalian:  More important than Rome

The three habits...of highly irritating management gurus
The Economist:  If management could be reduced to a few simple principles, then we wouldn’t need management thinkers.

The Spark

I live without cash -- and I manage just fine
Armed with a van, solar laptop and toothpaste made from washed-up cuttlefish bones, Mark Boyle gave up using cash. Writing on the Guardian’s Green Living blog, Boyle shares what he’s learned so far: “That friendship, not money, is real security. That most western poverty is of the spiritual kind. That independence is really interdependence. And that if you don't own a plasma screen TV, people think you're an extremist.”

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