So sad: While celebrating that the world did not end, his life did. There's a sermon illustration in there...
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"A life-sized tiger stuffed animal caused a huge scare in Britain after residents of Hampshire mistook it for real. Police readied a team with tranquilizer darts, dispatched a helicopter with thermal imaging, and shut down play at the local cricket stadium" (story). HT: Daily Beast
"Facebook Pages like “Jesus Daily” and “The Bible” fall above American pop stars and much beloved sports teams as the “Most Engaging Pages" [on Facebook], demonstrating that religious faith is still much a part of the culture today, regardless of what many believe or rather, don’t believe" (story)
This is really disturbing for a dad of a recent grad: "Over four years, we followed the progress of several thousand students in more than two dozen diverse four-year colleges and universities. We found that large numbers of the students were making their way through college with minimal exposure to rigorous coursework, only a modest investment of effort and little or no meaningful improvement in skills like writing and reasoning....Not surprisingly, a large number of the students showed no significant progress on tests of critical thinking, complex reasoning and writing that were administered when they began college and then again at the ends of their sophomore and senior years." (story)
The NY Public Library introduced a cool new iPad app May 17: "It is with great excitement that I welcome you to The New York Public Library for the 21st century with the re-launch of our distinguished journal Biblion, now completely rethought and redesigned for the iPad. The Greek word biblion originally meant "a strip of papyrus"; in the Middle Ages, it was applied to collections of fragments of ancient texts. Today, NYPL’s digital Biblion transforms texts — ancient and modern — into a new format for new generations of readers.
Islamists Kill Nigerian Pastor's Wife, Kids
May their tribe increase: Hundreds of Indonesian Muslim Clerics to Fight Radicalism
One Professor’s Attempt to Explain Every Joke Ever, complete with Venn diagram.
Five Signs the Pro-Life Cause Is Winning
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