Thursday Notes

"What I did on my summer vacation -- read free Latin grammar texts online..."

Just when you thought things couldn't get any more ridiculous -- Left Behind: The Games -- bad theology in a cheesy format.

LA Times article on churches and the new urbanism

Rabbit Aid -- Churches in South Korea are sending 1.2 million rabbits to impoverished North Korea. Creative. And they are shipping through China -- which should help save face.

From the outside looking in -- Brits look at American religiosity. Their secular-tinted spectacles hinder their ability to see clearly. But then again, so do our American-tinted glasses. I am assuming that the truth is somewhere in the middle -- best perceived through humble-tinted lenses.

Here is where we find out if evangelicals are fully-behind President Bush's faith-based initiatives. A group of Sikhs would like access to some of the federal money for their community programs.

Heidi Griepp sent me the link to CovenantBlogs.net -- a project of Aaron Olson and Aaron Johnson. This might be especially helpful for Covenant Church people who are into doing the webfeed thing.

Billy Graham: "There's a lot of discussion about the Ten Commandments being in a courtroom or in our country. We need to look at the Ten Commandments because they convict us of our sin." Link

The urban renaissance of the 90's is fading. Once again, the main issue seems to be affordable housing. See also this story on out-migration.