Tuesday digest

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New today from the Century:

• Craig Barnes on a church that cared for a family: "Everyone knew the family's problems, but there was never a word of judgment or even pity. The congregation was just being the church." (subscription required)

• Katherine Willis Pershey and Matt Fitzgerald on what else they read for help with preaching

• Robert Rimbo's lectionary column for Sunday, April 28 (subscription required)

• Debra Bendis on Ron Rash

• Steve Thorngate compiles a few links about the bombing in Boston

In the news:

• Tax or fee? Pastors push back against city's 'annual registration fee'
• Archbishop of Canterbury to meet with gay rights activist
• Parliament of the World's Religions survives financial crunch
• Pope Francis orders overhaul of U.S. nuns to continue
• 'Death cafes' normalize a difficult, not morbid, topic