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January 5, 2010

Tuesday's News & Ideas

House of worship
Newsweek:  Small but growing number of Americans attend house churches.
Waterloo (Iowa) Courier:  Small blessings: Microchurches growing trend in area, nation

Rising price of faith in France’s shrinking parishes
The New York Times:  Across France, villages are being forced to ask hard questions about their deteriorating churches, as churchgoers dwindle and upkeep costs mount.

Three questions executives should ask for the new year
Harvard Business Review blogs: What makes some leaders great and others weak? http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010

Clergy and ministers need protection from Church bullying, union says
The (London) Times:  British clergy joining trade union to protect themselves from alleged culture of bullying.

Welcome the exceptional
Christianity Today: Churches that embrace people with disabilities do more than they imagine.

The Spark

Afghanistan is not kind to children
Thirty years of war have marred Afghanistan’s land, decimated its economy, and exposed Afghans to human loss on a grand scale. The country ranks second to last on the UN's human-development index, and for children, the consequences have been especially acute, Slate reports. Afghanistan is not kind to children.

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