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Friday's News & Ideas

Power, prayer and money
Sojourners, God's Politics blog: For those at the National Prayer Breakfast, money is power. And it's the power of money in politics today that must be confronted -- by people of faith -- as a moral issue.

How can skeptics make convincing religious art?
Wall Street Journal: An artist need not be an orthodox believer -- or, indeed, any kind of believer -- to be inspired by the eloquence of scripture and the transforming power of faith.

Will the Church of England ever find peace?
The (London) Telegraph: Arguments about women bishops will dominate public proceedings of the Synod, but gay marriage is one of the burning issues behind the scenes.
The (London) Guardian: Anglican Mainstream and the enemies of Christianity

Strength in weakness: The Bible, disability, and the church
Christianity Today: People with disabilities are central to the mission of the church.

Back to (a theology of) work we go...
Out of Ur blog: Why the church must talk about "vocation" and not just "mission" if it hopes to engage young adults.

Encourage people to read the Bible? Maybe not
Daily Episcopalian: For years, the Rev. George Clifford frequently and indiscriminately exhorted Christians to pick up a Bible and read it. No more.

Not card-carrying Catholic? Tell us what would go on your card instead
The (London) Guardian: A Muslim, a humanist and an Anglican give their equivalent of the card printed up for Catholics.

The Spark

Eric Klinenberg on going solo
In 1950, about 4 million Americans lived alone, a little less than 10 percent of all households. Today, more than 32 million people live alone, or about 28 percent of all American households. And while our society tends to think living alone is a negative trend, it may not be, says Eric Klineberg, author of "Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone." In an interview with Smithsonian magazine , Klinenberg talks about the surprising benefits, to oneself and to society, of living alone.

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