From NPR This Week

A couple of recent interesting NPR audio segments: Preaching to the Pocketbook (via Mike Cope's blog):

All Things Considered, August 7, 2006 · Commentator Robert Franklin, a professor at the School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, is disturbed by the sermons he hears from "prosperity preachers." Listen

Iraq Still Manages to Shock (via Andrew Sullivan's blog):

Morning Edition, August 7, 2006 · Sectarian strife continues to worsen in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. John Hendren is wrapping up the latest of more than a dozen visits to the war zone since early 2003. He sends us this reporter's notebook about Iraq. Listen