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New today (and Friday) from the Century:

• Jesse James DeConto on first-call church planters: "Emily Scott had an idea: what if young adults got together for a weekly agape feast? Soon St. Lydia’s was born--but Scott was not ordained."
• Rodney Clapp laments the demise of bookstores:"My wife and I used to visit a bookstore at least once a week. We can’t anymore, unless we drive 20 minutes to the now nearest one." (subscription required)
• Matthew Avery Sutton reviews Jay Rubenstein's book on the First Crusade: "Jay Rubenstein offers a lively and well-researched history of the First Crusade. He has a gift for making thousand-year-old history both exciting and relevant." (subscription required)
• Theresa Cho on Solomon, babies and presbytery meetings
• Ryan Dueck on deserving a happy ending
• Dean Lueking blogs the lectionary
• "A shimmer of something," a poem by Brian Doyle

In the news:

• What Would Jesus Brew? Lots, beer makers say
• Pope tells Cubans to look beyond Marxism
• Study offers view of religious life behind prison walls