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I was ordained to the Disciples denomination. But I'm serving in a congregation of the UCC, and the plan is to be here for a good long while. So what to do about baptizing our children?

New today from the Century.

Here are some things I read recently but didn't get around to blogging about.

In Justice in Love, Nicholas Wolterstorff rejects egoism, eudaemonism and utilitarianism as inadequate ways to think about the practice of well-being.

On Sundays, my mother stayed home and read the paper. Yet she insisted that we kids go to church.

Patience is not one of my virtues, as those closest to me know. I want answers now, clarity now, unresolved issues settled now, anxiety lifted now.

I’m in a lot of conversations about why the denominational church isn’t working. But what about the communities that are ministering well? What about new communities?

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Once upon a time—and not long ago—there was another Europe. The religious story of communist Europe, in which Christians suffered horrific persecutions, is forgotten by most Americans today.