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New today from the Century:

• Craig Barnes on why pastors fall in love with the dying (subscription required)
• I consider the misleading media narrative on the debt ceiling and compromise
• Amy Frykholm highlights Juan Cole's advice to young democracies
• John Petrakis reviews Meek's Cutoff (subscription required)
• A poem by Brian Doyle

In the news:

• Churches press Obama to protect poor in budget talks
• Willow Creek cuts ties with ex-gay Exodus International
• Blogosphere abuzz over Rupert Murdoch as "Bible mogul"
• Christian agencies continue work in Somalia despite security issues
• Town clerk in NY resigns over new gay marriage law

Links from elsewhere:

• The polite regrets of governors bailing on Perry's prayer rally
• Mark Galli's sharp piece on the problems of being the pastor (of a large-ish, evangelical church)
• A victory for all of us who would like to be buried in a plain wooden box when we die
• Benjamin McNutt connects "The Streak" of father-daughter reading with the church's worship life