Category: The Lead

The gift of a brush with mortality, Garrison Keillor

Two weeks ago, you were waltzing around feeling young and attractive, and now you are the object of Get Well cards and recipient of bouquets of carnations. Rich or poor, young or old, we all face the injustice of life — it ends too soon…

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Evangelical churches snowball in Brazil

Reborn in Christ is among a growing number of evangelical churches in Brazil that are finding ways to connect with younger people to swell their ranks. From fight nights to reggae music to video games and on-site tattoo parlors, the churches have helped make evangelicalism the fastest-growing spiritual movement in Brazil.

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ABC: “Economics is too important to be left to economists”

Today, even with the memory of the crisis fresh in their minds, creditors are granting big institutions more favorable treatment because they know the government is backing them, FDIC officials said. Large banks with more than $100 billion in assets are borrowing at interest rates 0.34 percentage points lower than the rest of the industry. Back in 2007, that advantage was only 0.08 percentage points, according to the FDIC.

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Canadian and African Anglican theologians correspond about sexuality

The six African-Canadian conversations will culminate when six African bishops and five Canadian bishops meet at the Anglican Communion Office in London Feb. 2010. They will share their findings and explore how the papers can be integrated with the Anglican Communion’s listening process on human sexuality.

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Bishop Andrus faces prostate cancer

I’ve been timely about my annual check-ups, and this is a common cancer, caught at an early, low-grade stage, and I have the most loving, strong supportive wife and daughters; that is, I have, I think, good prospects. Still, cancer frightens me.

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