Drinking Corner
Leinenkugels has a great assortment of beer-related stuff. They even have beer soap (but no beer shampoo). I used to drink a lot of Leinenkugels. I loved their Sunset Wheat, mixed with a few ounces of their Berry Weiss, but alas, I've determined my body doesn't tolerate wheat beers well, so I've largely given up that marvelous concoction.
Losing Ground
Evangelical churches are getting slaughtered in the youth wars. CNN gloats and says it's a social-political thing. I'm not sure so sure, but it's an eye-opening piece regardless. Excerpt:
Consider the following facts about millennials in general:
Ӣ Seven in 10 millennials say sex between an unmarried man and woman is morally acceptable (PDF). (According to Kinnaman, young Christians are as sexually active as non-Christians.)
Ӣ Most women in their early 20s who give birth are unmarried.
Ӣ More than six in 10 millennials (including 49% of Republican millennials) support same-sex marriages.
Ӣ Six in 10 millennials say abortion should be legal (PDF), a higher proportion than found in the general population. A higher percentage say abortion services should be available in local communities.
Millennials also part ways with conservative orthodoxy on wealth distribution and caring for the environment. According to a report in The Christian Science Monitor, three out of four say that wealthy corporations and financiers have too much power and that taxes should be raised on the very wealthy, and two out of three say financial institutions should be regulated more closely. In addition, most say that creationists' view on evolution is outdated.
Sounds a lot like Democratic ideology to me.
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