Friday's News & Ideas
Goodbye to Gideon?
Newsweek: New digital Bible could hasten decline of bound Scriptures.
A mother, a sick son and his father, the priest
The New York Times: Case offers a rare look at how far the church goes to avoid large settlements, keep straying priests in ministry and silence mothers of clergy offspring.
Exercise your self-control muscle
Forbes: The ability to control thoughts, feelings and actions is critical to a leader’s effectiveness.
Why it doesn’t matter if Bruce was born in the USA or in Bray
The Belfast Telegraph: The great Jewish rocker Bruce Springsteen and the problem of stereotypes.
The contribution of the lone translator
Daily Episcopalian: Though Biblical translations by individuals have little authority, they have a vitality that’s missing in translations-by-committee.
The Spark
The invisible man
35-year-old Liu Bolin, from Shandong, China, is an artist with the ability to disappear. With his camouflage artwork, he can blend into any surroundings, no matter how complicated. Sometimes passers-by don’t even realize he is there until he moves. His art, featured in The (London) Telegraph, is about not fitting into modern society.
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