Friday, September 16, 2005

Links

Barna recently released a study on churches' use of technology.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a study that found an increased acceptance of bisexuality among women.

Intelligent design has been in the news a lot lately, and here's a page at the Discovery Institute's web site that has audio and video files of that organization's media appearances. And here's a page with an archive of William Dembski's recent appearance on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show.

President Bush called for a national day of prayer Friday, and he attended an event at the National Cathedral in Washington:

"The interfaith service included prayers or scripture reading from clergy representing a variety of religious groups, including evangelical, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Jewish and Muslim." (Baptist Press)

There doesn't seem to have been much concern for pleasing God, but men were pleased:

"Members of the congregation called the service an appropriate way to honor hurricane victims....Despite their distance from the center of the disaster, they said the prayer service was an important step in focusing the nation on the work ahead." (The Dallas Morning News)