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...A couple of months ago we made a "live recording" of 21 of Cheryl's worship songs. The CDs arrived from the factory today -- 11 heavy boxes. Wow -- they sound (and look) great. We'll work on getting the whole thing online for free download, too.

...Grow a square watermelon.

...We've been busy cleaning, packing, painting -- getting the house ready to sell. We're giving lots of stuff away, too -- last Sunday about half my plants to people after worship. We've been trying to give away our piano -- but without success. So maybe we'll try selling it.

...The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia has taken another decisive step toward finalizing reunification with the Russian Orthodox Church. One of the interesting things about all of this is how the subject has barely come up on the Evangelical-Eastern Orthodox discussion list.

...Also on the EO front. The first new Orthodox church building in Rome since the big split in 1054 has been consecrated on the grounds of the Russian Embassy -- with the blessing of the Vatican and the mayor of Rome.

...Virtual church -- Chinese style.

...Hucksters have sold off land belonging to a bunch of churches in Chicagoland -- except the churches never authorized the sales.

...A plug: A free, live, online telecast will originate from Trinity Church in New York City tonight (Thursday, May 25), at 8 p.m. EDT. Three leading thinkers, Diana Butler Bass, Alan Jones, and Brian McLaren, will discuss how to build new kinds of Christian communities.