Tuesday digest

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New today from the Century:

• The editors on the ongoing lure of books: "E-books have their critics, but sales are on the rise. One thing seems certain: people will go on reading books, in what­ever form."

• David Heim on Chuck Colson and worldviewism

• Gail Irwin on simplifying church

• Brian Bantum's lectionary column for Sunday, May 6 (subscription required)

In the news:

• Obama invokes Holocaust to confront Syria, Iran
• Russian patriarch calls priests who opposed prayer service 'traitors'
• Israel’s Conservative movement OKs gay and lesbian rabbis
• Nixon felon and evangelical icon Charles Colson dies at 80
• Pro-Tutu petitions flood Gonzaga