Today is the 296th day of 2015. There are 69 days left in the year.
(1) Smartphones in the Pews, by Terry Mattingly (On Religion)
***What do you think about using tech during worship? A help, or distraction?
(2) Met’s postseason hero—Daniel Murphy: ‘Sometimes the blessings just flow’, by Marvin Olasky (World Magazine)
“My apologies for writing about press-accused “homophobe” Daniel Murphy again, but the energizer infielder just keeps going and going. Never before to my knowledge, in baseball’s long history, has a player so pilloried in March set an extraordinary all-time record in October.”
(3) England’s churches can survive – but the religion will have to go, by Simon Jenkins (The Guardian)
***The word “churches” refers to church buildings—of which there are far too many in the UK that have nary a soul attending worship within their walls.
“Far more people enjoy visiting parish churches than choose to worship in them. More still might make use of them, as retailing and other services dwindle around them. At present the stimulus to enterprise depends on the energy, or lethargy, of Fraser’s “benevolently aimless” clergy.”
(4) Flashback to 2008: When Hillary Rodham Clinton wooed Christian conservatives, by David Horsey (LA Times)
(5) Strong Families, Prosperous States, by Wilcox, Lerman & Price (American Enterprise Institute)
(bonus) Franklin Graham Announces First Decision America Tour Cities, Dates
***In 2016, Graham will be holding prayer meetings at the capitals of all fifty states.
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