The Weekly Round-Up for October 13, 2012

Spent the night in Columbus, Ohio visiting our son, John, and enjoying a performance of the OSU Jazz Ensemble. Today is the Buckeye Invitational with the Hudson High School "Swing" Band. Back to Hudson later this evening. Quite a week with a Vice-Presidential debate that was at least more entertaining than the fist debate; loose seats on a number of American Airline planes; a young Pakastani girl is gunned down on her way to school for supporting women's rights; Ann Romney hosted GMA; and the baseball playoffs have been memorable. The Weekly Update begins below....

The Best Editorial of the Week
Charles M. Blow, The New York Times

Don't Mess With Big Bird

The Second Best Editorial of the Week
Bill Keller, The New York Times

How To Die

A Third Editorial Worth Your Time
Steve Erlanger, The New York Times

European Nation of More Unions

This One Will Make You Think
Jim Wallis, sojo.net

How To Choose A President

This One Will Make You Think, Too
James Dao, The New York Times

With Military Suicides Rising, Focus Is On Private Weapons

And Now A "WORD" from the Monastery
Br. James Koester, ssje.org

Christ

Best Science Post of the Week
Robert Kurlwich, npr.org

Are Those Spidery Black Things on Mars Dangerous (Maybe)

Most Hilarious Post of the Week (You MUST read this!)
Paul Rudnick, The New Yorker

My Man (Satire on the Jesus' Wife News)

Most Wonderful News from the World of Music
The MET Opera

James Levine to Return to the MET

Best Motivational Post of the Week
Matt Cutts, TED.com

Try Something New For Thirty Days

Best Feel Good Piece of the Week
Ethan Bronner, The New York Times

When Politics are Complex, Simple Joys at the Beach

Best Religious Posts of the Week
Various Sources and Authors

The Shift into Post-Christendom (emergent village voice)

Spiritual Classics: 25 Books Every Christian Should Read (Huffington Post)

Church Membership (Acts 8 Movement)

The Failure of the Megachurch (Huffington Post)

California Bishops: A Classic He-said, He-said (Crusty Old Dean)

Ethiopia: God is Even Bigger than We Think (Sojourners)

Clergy on the Catwalk as Designer Vestments Spread (The Guardian)

Bargaining with God: How to Negotiate with Wedding Clergy (Daily Finance)

What is so Un-cool About Cool Churches (The Gospel Side Blog)

Why Our Buildings Just Don't Matter (JusticeandMercy Blog)

None of the Above: The Rise of the Religiously Unaffiliated (PBS)

Archbishop Williams: Contemplation and Evangelism (Bishop of Sheffield Blog)

Micah 6:8 and the Missional Church (Telling Secrets Blog)

Vatican, US Bishops Mandate Changes for "Lamb of God" (National Catholic Reporter)

Religious Leaders Respond to the Rise of the Nones (Religion News Service)

The Most Viewed Post at the John 13:34 Blog this Week
Thursday, October 12

The Protestant Minority in America: What Shall We Do?

Always End with Children, Animals or Even Adults Having Fun
Everybody Loves Raymond, Season 8 Bloopers, Youtube.com

Love One Another - Brian