Update: Bishop Robinson writes A Bishop’s Decision to Divorce Added: AP report. Via email:
Day: May 3, 2014
Church organist sets Guinness record for career longevity
From the Huffington Post: Martha Godwin has been playing the organ and piano at the Macedonia United Methodist Church in Southmont, North Carolina, since she was 13 years old. Seventy-three years later, she’s been recognized by Guinness World Records as the person who has had the longest career as a church pianist or organist.
Toys get cheaper, while paths out of poverty grow more expensive
The Atlantic reports that costs for education, healthcare and childcare have soared, while prices for TVs, phones, DVD players and toys have gone down. Fascinating trend:
John Kerry warns of genocide in South Sudan
From CBS News: JUBA, South Sudan — In a stern warning, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is urging South Sudan’s warring government and rebel leaders to uphold a months-long promise to embrace a cease-fire or risk the specter of genocide through continued ethnic killings.