Links for 2012-10-11 [del.icio.us]

Number of Protestant Americans Declining

@NYTimes.com... "Now, more than one-third of those ages 18 to 22 are religiously unaffiliated."
When People feel Familiar

@ Jennie Allen... "You will fall in love… not with need but with people who feel like friends."
A Lively Mind: Your Brain On Jane Austen

@ NPR.... "It was as though readers were physically placing themselves within the story as they analyzed it." Why to keep reading aloud as a family...
Rediscovering the Purpose of Family

@ The High Calling... "every family exists to honor God and share his love with the world." Based on research for Fuller Seminary, this offers surprising insights into the purpose of family through the last several centuries...
Looking for the Ordinary

@ multiply... “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished." The ordinary!