Friday's News & Ideas
The (Prayer) Breakfast Club: Obama does the lion's den again
Politics Daily: President Obama turns the tables on critics, signaling that he won’t be dissuaded from his pursuit of bipartisanship and renewed civility in Washington.
Missionary imposition
Religion Dispatches: Anthea Butler says the crux of the issue is this: 10 do-gooders walked into the trap many well meaning Christians fall into: those poor people need My help.
Wall Street Journal: Missionary stumbles on road to Haiti
Associated Baptist Press: SBC official says he believes detained missionaries acted in good faith
Keeping faith, courting conservatives
Wall Street Journal: Obama's willingness to continue Bush approach to religious charities aims to woo evangelicals but vexes liberals.
Brain functions that improve with age
Harvard Business blogs: Contrary to stereotypes, people actually grow smarter in key areas in middle age.
The Economist: The silver tsunami
Many high school teams pray before taking the court
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Western Pennsylvania public high school basketball coaches say it’s become more common for teams to pray before games.
Christianity Today: Sports Fanatics
Collegial leadership
Presbyterian News Service: PC(USA) official says clergy and laity are not Presbyterian terminology.
The Spark
The Super Bowl, Groundhog Day and the Feast of the Presentation
You’ve likely never noticed or thought about it, but the Super Bowl and the Feast of the Presentation -- and for that matter, Groundhog Day -- occur closely together. The Very Rev. Sam Candler, dean of St. Philip's Cathedral in Atlanta, believes the three have something in common. They are ways that our community, our civilization, hopes for life and light in the midst of winter, he writes at the Daily Episcopalian. “It is wintertime now, but the world has turned toward Spring . . . God has turned us toward light, toward health.”
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