LEONARD SWEET & CHANGES IN CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
A few days ago I posted on the Abet list about the changes in the Christian Science Church. They are trying to reinvent themselves as a postmodern kind of new agy operation. Within the past 25 years 1/3 of their churches have closed and they expect to close the rest within the next 25 years -- replacing them with "Starbucks" discussion groups.

There was a story on All Things Considered that is worth a listen. Even Leonard Sweet checks in on the trend in the NPR interview.

The Christian Scientists (which as far as I can tell aren't either Christian or scientists) actually have a video interview with Leonard on their spirituality.com site. It's interesting how he tries to balance his "open system" and "closed system" approaches. Sometimes he's so on the mark. Sometimes he just makes me nervous.