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> INCREDIBLE PROGRESS -- "India has lifted 59.7 million people out of slum conditions since 2000. Slum prevalence fell from 41.5% in 1990 to 28.1% in 2010." ~ link

> ALAN HIRSCH'S Q-talk on "Post-Christendom Mission" is now online -- echoes of Ralph Winter. His assessment of the situation is pretty spot on. It's short enough that you could watch it with your church leadership team. Good fodder. ~ link

> WHAT DO you think of rendering υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ as 'The Beloved Son who comes from God'? ~ Christianity Today

> WE CAN EXPECT to see more of this kind of thing. Mt Carmel Ministries (a Lutheran camping and conference ministry) is creating a new Christian campus community in partnership with a local community college. The students will live together in community, take classes at the college, and do online Bible classes together. They're starting in the fall with twelve college freshmen. ~ link

> THE COVENANT CHURCH in Canada has a similar ministry with their Life Together Christian community in Calgary, but have not integrated the academic piece. ~ link

> BLOGGING IS NOT DEAD! Especially if you consider that Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr are blogging applications, too.  ~ The Atlantic

> THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA in Tucson is starting a national civility institute. I was going to make the traditional ASU snarky comment about the U of A but decided to restrain myself. See, the institute is already effective. ~ AZ Capitol Times