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UMC reforms face test at General Conf.

The recent Pre-General Conference Briefing made clear that some delegates have serious questions about proposed reforms for the UMC. Our story from Tampa, scene of the briefing, provides details.
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Exemplary Teachers - UM agency awards professors at 11 schools

The UMC’s General Board of Higher Education and Ministry gives Exemplary Teaching Awards to top professors at UMC-affiliated schools. Staff writer Mary Jacobs reports on some of the recent winners.
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COMMENTARY: Tebow’s not magic—but he is authentic

Tim Tebow may not have great statistics as an NFL quarterback, but there’s no reason to question the sincerity of his displays of Christian faith, says the Rev. Andrew Thompson.
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Okla. church sends Bibles to UM ministers in Congo

A UM church in Tulsa, Okla., has provided thousands of Bibles to United Methodist clergy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Chris Kinyon Schutz reports for UMNS.
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REFLECTIONS: Have we lost our commitment to inclusiveness?

Retired Bishop Woodie White uses his “Reflections” column to question whether the UMC has lost its commitment to inclusiveness.
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GOP insiders rise up to cut Gingrich down to size (AP)

What we worry about when we worry about Greek debt (AP)

Children among 74 dead in 2 days of Syrian turmoil (AP)

Twitter's new censorship plan rouses global furor (AP)

'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6 1/2 years (AP)

Student charged in Utah school bomb plot (AP)

Facebook IPO could value it among top companies (AP)

Actress' claim to be gay by choice riles activists (AP)

Friend says on 911 call Demi Moore was convulsing (AP)

Manning, Irsay insist they are on same page (AP)

Fading Gingrich attacks Romney in ad (Reuters)

Fitch cuts Italy, Spain, other euro zone ratings (Reuters)

Growth quickens, but speed bumps ahead (Reuters)

Coll. of Charleston's Cremins takes medical leave (AP)

Djokovic wins marathon match to set up Nadal final (AP)

Manning, Irsay insist they are on same page (AP)

Broncos hire Jack Del Rio as defensive coordinator (AP)

US women's soccer team qualifies for Olympics (AP)

Woods, McIlroy in contention in Abu Dhabi (AP)

Browns hire Brad Childress as OC (AP)

Selig expects expanded playoffs to start this year (AP)

Thunder top Warriors 120-109 to start road trip (AP)

Clemson women lose 15th straight to No. 5 Duke (AP)

William Clarke wins 2nd stage of Tour Down Under (AP)

Canadiens' 7-2 win ends Red Wings' win streak at 7 (AP)

Stanley takes lead at Torrey Pines (AP)

Wall Street Week Ahead: Quest for the golden cross (Reuters)

Exclusive: Germany wants Greece to give up budget control (Reuters)

Exiting watchdog sees flaws in SEC's rulewriting (Reuters)

Goldman, Berkshire names surface in Gupta case (Reuters)

Citigroup cut investment bank bonuses by 30 percent: report (Reuters)

SEC charges trader with hijacking accounts (Reuters)

Economic growth for the past 4 years, at a glance (AP)

North America boosts Ford in 4Q (AP)

Fitch cuts Italy, Spain, other euro zone ratings (Reuters)

How Fastenal Is Vending a Success Story (The Motley Fool)

Greece, creditors laboriously piece together debt deal (Reuters)

Wal-Mart puts U.S. marketing under merchandising (Reuters)

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History of Hymns

‘Faith of Our Fathers’ honors English martyrs. C. Michael Hawn of Perkins School of Theology devotes this week’s History of Hymns column to “Faith of Our Fathers,” by Frederick W. Faber. Read more...

Prayer Wall

Want to share your joys and concerns with an online community? Post them here so others can join with you in prayers of thanksgiving, praise, confession, petition, and intercession.

Book Reviews

Book provides models for empowering young adults.
Marcia Dunbar, of St. James UMC in Little Rock, Ark., reviews the new book Greenhouses of Hope: Congregations Growing Young Leaders Who Will Change the World. Read more...

Mission Action

How To Make a flood bucket for UMCOR: Lists of much-needed supplies and instructions for preparing several different kinds of kits give us another way to help victims of disasters. The supplies you send are distributed by the United Methodist Committee On Relief (UMCOR) wherever people are in need.

Music Reviews

Heart of Christmas hits perfect mix for holiday.
Contemporary Christian musician Matthew West has a new recording out called Heart of Christmas, and staff writer Mary Jacobs has our review. Read more...

Worship

Can everyone come to worship with you? Take this Local Church Accessibility Survey to assess how welcoming your building, grounds, and leadershipmay appear to those with physical disabilities.
Do more:Greeting Persons with Disabilities provides more ways we can all prepare to help others feel welcome.

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Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

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