Random

• Laura Palmer Noone, former president of the University of Phoenix (the world's largest private university) has been lured out of retirement to head up the fledgling Nouveau University, a private online school which focuses on training entrepreneurs and small business professionals. Nouveau offers associate of science and bachelor of business administration degrees in accounting, finance, marketing, real estate invesment, and small business management. They are based in Scotsdale, Arizona. ~ link

• David Kinnaman of Barna Research:

"Many Americans are convinced that evangelicals are some kind of a political bloc... If you look at things that way, then this really is all about politics instead of religious beliefs and doctrines... Some people think evangelicals are part of a political movement that is held together with religious rhetoric and that's that." ~ link

• Very strange -- and tragic. A man from Inarajan, a village on the southeast end of Guam, has died after being dragged by a carabao. I didn't know that carabao could move much faster than a snail. ~ link

• The economy and geography of God's grace by Dan Clendenin -- thoughts on next Sunday's lectionary texts ~ link

• The Church of England is planning to offer an apology to Charles Darwin -- which I'm sure will make him feel better. ~ link