Is it a sin not to vote? | Chuck Colson writes on David Kuo's response to disillusionment (Townhall.com)
Evangelicals are cool on GOP | Many say the party's accomplishments have been disappointing, but they will vote Republican anyway (The News & Observer)
The United Church of Canada issues a consumer alert | A fraud scheme that suggests The United Church of Canada will sponsor the purchase of the vehicle as a thank-you gift for someone who has faithfully served the church for many years (Canada Newswire)
Documents shed more light on killer | Police continue to search for motives in the case of a man who walked up to the homes of two convicted sex offenders and shot them to death Easter morning (Associated Press)
Lawsuits tackle religion in U.S. military | Two lawsuits have been filed in Washington against the U.S. military with differing claims on how the service treats evangelical Christians (United Press International)
Italy photographer freed in Afghanistan | The kidnappers had demanded that Italy hand over an Afghan who converted to Christianity from Islam in return for Torsello's release. (Reuters)
Evangelicals flex growing clout in Nicaragua's election | When Nicaragua passed one of the strictest abortion laws in the hemisphere last week, critics charged the Catholic Church with flexing political muscle ahead of next week's presidential election (Christian Science Monitor)
Blair downplays creationism fears | The prime minister has rejected worries about current teaching of creationism—saying it would only be a concern if it became the "mainstream" of education (BBC News)
Uganda: Marching for abstinence | Thousands of Ugandans marched through Kampala recently to promote the message that 'Abstinence Pride' is central to the fight against HIV/AIDS (UN Integrated Regional Information Networks)
Bethlehem Christians flee tensions | The little town of Bethlehem is perhaps more associated with Christianity than any other place in the world. (BBC News)
United against climate change | The churches and church-based organisations of Africa have jointly urged the international community to focus on the effects of climate change in Africa ahead of next week's UN Convention on Climate Change in Nairobi. (Alertnet)
Archbishop of Canterbury to visit Pope this month | Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, spiritual leader of the world's Anglicans, will make his first official visit to Pope Benedict on November 23 at the Vatican (Reuters)
Movie review: 'The Great Warming' | With due respect to narrators Alanis Morissette and Keanu Reeves, the real star of this environmental documentary is the Rev. Richard Cizik of the National Assn. of Evangelicals (The Los Angeles Times)
Explaining evangelicals | Author aims to go beyond stereotypes and politics (The News & Observer)
Other stories of interest
Faking it as a priest in Japan | With a rise in the popularity of Christian-style weddings in Japan, some Westerners are finding they can make a lucrative living by acting as priests. But it does not please everyone, particularly genuine priest (BBC News)
Launched in 1999, Christianity Today’s Weblog was not just one of the first religion-oriented weblogs, but one of the first published by a media organization. (Hence its rather bland title.) Mostly compiled by then-online editor Ted Olsen, Weblog rounded up religion news and opinion pieces from publications around the world. As Christianity Today’s website grew, it launched other blogs. Olsen took on management responsibilities, and the Weblog feature as such was mothballed. But CT’s efforts to round up important news and opinion from around the web continues, especially on our Gleanings feature.
Ted Olsen is Christianity Today's executive editor. He wrote the magazine's Weblog—a collection of news and opinion articles from mainstream news sources around the world—from 1999 to 2006. In 2004, the magazine launched Weblog in Print, which looks for unexpected connections and trends in articles appearing in the mainstream press. The column was later renamed "Tidings" and ran until 2007.
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New position on ordination and titles pushed some “beyond where their convictions would allow them to go.”
