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New today from the Century:

• "Virtual good and evil," by Scott R. Paeth: "Video games have the potential to aid in forming us as moral beings, for better and for worse." (subscription required)


• "Dancing with ourselves?" by Carol Howard Merritt: "I do not want to minimize the struggle to make sure that we have LGBTQ leaders in the church. I do hope that we can turn our focus outward."


• "Blogging toward Sunday: How to talk to Nicodemus," by Casey Thompson: "Jesus and Nicodemus might as well be speaking different languages. They are like a creationist and a paleontologist comparing notes on fossils--they simply can't fathom each other."


• "Mary considers her situation," a poem by Luci Shaw

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