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• Introducing the award-winning Abod, low-cost, prefabricated housing solution designed to help with South Africa’s housing shortage ~ Link

• Living Hope Covenant Church in Colorado Springs is giving away wedding dresses. ~ Link

• Daniel Burd, a 16-year-old Canadian high school student working on a science fair project discovered a bacteria that eats plastic bags -- a step forward in waste management ~ Link

• Cheryl and I saw Prince Caspian in the theater today. It's a winner.

• Kent, our second son, has posted an article by Margaretta Soehendro on Rebecca Kim's research which shows how the homogeneous principle so popular in 1970's church growth literature (although I don't think she identifies it as such) is still at play in university campus ministries -- particularly with Asian Americans. ~ Link

• The 'Silver Tsunami' alert is being called off by The Coyne Partnership. They're saying that the Boomer landing will be more like a series of gentle waves than a crashing tidal wave. Some of it is that the early calculations were wrong and then there is the fact that Boomers are redefining retirement. ~ Link

• A couple of Godin goodies -- "If you want to get noticed, don't be so polished..." "When in doubt, make it human." ~ Link