What Is Gleanings?

At Christianity Today, we’re constantly tracking important developments in the church and the world. Often we use our network of reporters around the world (and for that, visit our main site). But we also monitor other news outlets, bloggers, newsmakers’ social media feeds, and countless other information streams. Gleanings compiles the most urgent and interesting items we’ve found, explains why you need to know about them, and gives you the background you need to understand them. It’s our snapshot of what God is doing in the world, hour by hour.

Free Newsletters

« Marriage Exit Polls | Main | Oh. »

November 7, 2006

Running late

A judge has ordered all Kane County, Illinois, polling locations to stay open 90 minutes later than planned, due to problems with the electronic voting system. I'm sure that there could be some interesting Christian reflection here on our dependence upon technology, and the effects of our culture's demand for ever-increasingly speedy results. But I don't have time to reflect on that, because I need to read 1,000 different blogs every five minutes right now,