Wednesday digest

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New today from the Century:

• Will Willimon reviews Tom Long and Tom Lynch: "The two best writers on American ways of death, burial and grieving have given us our best book on funerals." (subscription required)

• Ray Haberski on the Serenity Prayer and the politics of stupidity

• Steve Thorngate on the Chicago PD's practice of destroying confiscated guns

• "Travel light," a poem by Jean Janzen

In the news:

• Baptism rates slide despite high-profile boosts
• Bishop’s suspension a symptom of German Catholic Church’s wealth
• Brunei to implement Shariah penal code, including stoning, caning