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A SAMPLING OF MY THOUSANDS OF NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINE, AND WEBSITE ARTICLES:

Stetson Today:

Keeping the Well From Running Dry

Surrounded by sea, speckled with lakes and springs like a Jackson Pollock painting, and boasting one of the highest annual rainfalls in the country, Florida would not seem to lack water. But that is the critical case when it comes to the fresh, usable kind.

Read more at:
http://www.stetson.edu/today/2015/01/keeping-the-well-from-running-dry/

Foursquare.org:

The Biker Pastor: Dennis Enriquez

Jesus said His followers should go to the highways and the byways to reach the lost, and that’s exactly what Foursquare Pastor Dennis Enriquez is doing. His new church is reaching the biker community in California’s Antelope Valley.

A classic rock motorcycle anthem has been given a redemptive twist through a unique Foursquare ministry in California’s Antelope Valley. “Head out on the highway,” the rallying cry of Steppenwolf’s time-honored hit, “Born to Be Wild,” has become the outreach strategy of The Edge Biker Church, a Foursquare church plant in Rosamond, Calif.

Read more at:
http://www.foursquare.org/news/article/dennis_enriquez_the_biker_pastor

Cross Rhythms:

Jonathan Cain: Member of rock stars Journey goes solo

The news that Jonathan Cain, while on a break from touring with rock superstars Journey, had recorded a solo album has raised huge interest among rock buffs while believers have been intrigued with its title, “What God Wants To Hear.”

Read more at:
http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Jonathan_Cain_Member_of_rock_stars_Journey_goes_solo/58999/p1/

CBA Christian Market:

Bridge the Generational Divide

Experience and meeting needs make Christian retail ‘more than a bookstore.’

Christian retailers were concerned about too many shades of gray long before E. L. James’ trilogy became an unexpected publishing sensation—in the form of the aging of their core customers and their inability to attract Next Gen shoppers, Millennials, and their following Generation Z-ers.

Read more at:
http://cbaonline.org/bridge-generational-divide/

Christ Church Bookstore Serves as an Extension of the Church

A church can’t signal that its bookstore is an integral part of its life and mission much more than by holding services there. Such is the case at Christ Church in Greenwich, Connecticut, where Evensong is regularly held upstairs in Christ Church Bookstore.

Read more at:
http://cbaonline.org/christ-church-bookstore-serves-extension-church/

Charisma:

Reaching the Rastafarians:

Why is the Rastafari religion attracting youth today? Charisma talked to insiders to understand the trend.

Black, white, Asian and Hispanic bob together to the lilting beat as the reggae singer extols harmony, righteousness and justice. It’s hot this afternoon at Miami’s waterside Bicentennial Park, but everyone’s cool.

Read more at:
http://www.charismamag.com/spirit/evangelism-missions/1260-reaching-the-rastafarians