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last updated: Feb 05 2012 12:24 PM
- The Komen Fiasco's Silver Lining
Small comforts (and other sizes) emerge from Planned Parenthood’s bullying tactics. 
- The Pink Ribbon and the Dollar Sign
The wrong lessons to draw from the Komen-Planned Parenthood debacle. 
- The Similarities and Differences in Eric Metaxas's and President Obama's Prayer Breakfast Addresses
The 'Bonhoeffer' biographer emphasized care for the unborn as the President emphasized care for the poor. 
- The Ironies of Obama's National Prayer Breakfast Speech
The President seems to be debating himself on religious motivations and the common good. 
- Evangelicals Mounting Concerns over Obama Administration's Contraceptive Mandate
Protestants are increasingly joining Catholics in protesting Health & Human Services mandate. 
- Komen Reverses Course, Will Not Ban Planned Parenthood from Applying for Funding
The breast cancer awareness foundation had earlier said Planned Parenthood would be ineligible to apply for future grants. 
- A Legacy in Indianapolis That Outlives the Super Bowl
Long before the NFL named my hometown this year's host city, Near Eastside leaders were revitalizing the heart of their neighborhoods. 
- Strength in Weakness: The Bible, Disability, and the Church
People with disabilities are central to the mission of the church. 
- After Komen, the Next Big Planned Parenthood Fight
Pro-life groups target $487 million in taxpayer funding for the nation's largest abortion provider. 
- Sundance 2012: A Call to Look Again
After 18 movies in 4 days, our reporter shares the best of the fest with CT readers. 
- Pink Stink: Komen Drops Planned Parenthood Support
Move comes after Bible spat, debate on breast-cancer activism. 
- Shrimp and Grits with a Side of 'Shalom': The King's Kitchen Revitalizes Charlotte
Every aspect of Jim Noble's newest restaurant—including the food, all local—is designed to reflect the kingdom of God. 
- Quotation Marks
Recent remarks on brawling priests, advocacy in Egypt, and more. 
- A Pro-Life Plea This Election Season
The importance of remembering real women. 
- Europe's Top Courts Are on a Pro-Life Roll
Recent rulings surprise observers. 
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United Methodist News Service Headlines
last updated: Feb 05 2012 4:00 PM
- Young leaders watching church in action
The Bishop Melvin G. Talbert Leadership Institute Fellows are being nurtured to become ethical leaders of vital congregations. 
- Alternate game plan for Super Bowl
United Methodist Women join others in bringing awareness of human trafficking to festivities in Indianapolis. 
- Ending hunger in 5 years ‘doable’
Include God and make the effort, urges president of international hunger-relief organization. 
- Food ministries flourish on different paths
Two churches in the heart of Indianapolis find different ministries to feed the hungry and enable people to reach potential. 
- Black College Fund celebrates 40 years
United Methodist support helps recruit outstanding faculty and provide students with academic, cultural and spiritual guidance. 
- Will restructuring cut vital ministry?
That’s the question church staff want General Conference delegates to consider in weighing various reorganization proposals. 
- Growing communities along the Santa Cruz
From the hard soil of Tucson, Ariz., Youth Farm Project interns help the community to develop a flourishing garden and gathering place. 
- Sowing promise for developing countries
Foods Resource Bank spins cash from crops into food security as farmers and churches make a global difference. 
- Home nourishes body, soul of Nigerian young
Born out of the Hope for Children of Africa initiative, this mission of the United Methodist orphanage is still expanding. 
- Preview to church restructuring debate
Concerns raised that the proposed changes would give too much power to bishops and damage the denomination’s ‘separation of powers.’ 
- Supreme Court shields church from bias laws
United Methodist leaders say the decision puts the onus on the denomination to do justice in its hiring practices. 
- Briefing previews General Conference issues
Delegates consider issues from reorganization to roles of bishops to an operating budget that is smaller than in the previous quadrennium. 
- Young adults lead social justice startups
An incubator for life-changing ministries, Spark12 allows millennials to hone leadership skills, begin new service ventures. 
- ‘Exploring Differences, Deepening Faith’
During the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, a student reflects on how living with other faiths and cultures strengthens her own. 
- Conference trains church planters
Lay missionary planting network project works to develop new faith fellowships, churches in Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference. 
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last updated: Feb 05 2012 8:34 PM
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