This is not as a complete posting as I would like, but it’s been a little while so I wanted to go ahead and get it up. Life has been very busy lately (I know, when is it not, right), so please forgive my lack of posts lately. I’ve got several “in the hopper,” I just need to get to them. In the meantime, enjoy this mini Town Crier.

Read about the recent study finding that 1 in 9 homes in America is vacant.

Read this piece arguing that self-control is not natural.

Read this study about churches and social networking.

Read Sam Rainer’s findings about what people think of when they hear “Southern Baptist,” topped, unsurprisingly by legalism.

Are we “starving Jesus?”

Read Barna’s latest study, finding that: “Most American Christians Do Not Believe that Satan or the Holy Spirit Exist.”

What do you think of Mars Hill global?

Read as “Relevant” wonders what Twitter is doing to us.

Read about video game makers EA making an offer that must legally be refused.

Read about the athiest wanting to become “unbaptized.”

Wow.

Read as Slate wonders why there is no iTunes for movies.

Read as Matt Chandler provides practical tips for missional living.

Read as Ed Stetzer interacts with every church planting book known to man.