The Weekly Round-Up for November 24, 2012

A busy week with the holiday and long weekend. The Church of England voted against allowing women bishops. It was a rough start to the "fiscal cliffs" talks in Washington. The nation's foodbanks are alarmed as the drought which has plagued much of our country for the past year has put a dent in supplies. A blessed cease fire in the Israel/Palestine. The United Nations reported that new infections of HIV have dropped by half in the past decade in twenty-five of the poorest and middle-income countries, many of them in Africa. The Weekly Round-Up begins now....

The Best Editorial of the Week
The Telegraph, London

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Buy Up the Debt to Abolish It

Second Best Editorial of the Week
Frank Bruni, The New York Times

The Siren and the Spook

The Third Best Editorial of the Week
Jang Jisheng, The New York Times

China's Great Shame

This One Will Make You Think
Water Over Rocks How Things Change, Blog

History's Call to Serve

This Will Make You Think, Too!
Sarah Bessey, The Intersection of a Spirit Filled Life

In Which We Will Subvert the System for Good

This Will Make You Think As Well
Anantanand Rambachan, The Huffington Post

A Diwali Meditation on Free Speech

And Now A WORD from the Monastery
Geoffrey Tristram, ssje.org

Spirit

Best Political Writing of the Week
Mattea Kramer and Chris Hellman, BillMoyers.com

Why Washington's Fiscal Cliff is a Myth

Sad News from the World of Music
Brian Wise, wqxr.com

Steinway to See Its Landmark Hall

The Best and Worst of Religious Blogging This Week
Various Writers and Sources

The Trinity in Gender Debates

Texas Mega-Church Pastor: Obama's Re-election Will Lead to the Reign of the Anti-Christ (Worst!)

The Story in in the Glacier: Chasing Ice

The Night Indianapolis Stood Still

"I Dream of a Church" in Kentucky

The Art of Evangelism: How to Change the World (Best!)

What People Experience in Churches by the Barna Group

British Churchgoers tweet with the Vicar's Blessing

The Cuteness of Children in Church (NOT!)

Top Ten Books Every Pastor Should Read

Church Uses Facebook for Sacramental Scrutiny at its Peril

Moneyball and the Future of the Church, Part 1

Tectonic Shifts in American Religion and Spirituality

The Failure of the Megachurch

Best Writing on the Economy
Thomas Friedman, Center for Economic and Policy Research

Our Economy is Being Killed by Employers Who Cannot Do Arithmetic

News from the Church of England on Rejection of Women Bishops
Various Writers and Sources

CofE Refuses to Allow Female Bishops

BBC: Synod Votes Against

The Guardian: Women Bishops - A Long and Boring Suicide Note

Hot Dogma! CofE Women Bishops Round One

NY Times: Crisis in the Church of England

After the Bishop's Vote - I Am Ashamed to be a Part of the Church of England

NT Wright: Women Bishop's: It's About the Bible, Not Fake Ideas About Progress

Most Viewed Site at the John 13:34 Blog this Week
Monday November 19, 2012

All That God Does Is Done Well

Always End With Animals, Children of Even Adults Having Fun
YouTube.com

Love One Another - Brian