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I don’t know about you, but between the headlines and the plummeting value of my 401 (k), I could use a smile right about now. Hit it, gang! Enjoy. And if that’s not enough, there’s this, from the British version of “The Office”: Okay. Get back to work …

A reader mentioned in the comments that you can sing “Amazing Grace” to the tune of “House of the Rising Sun.” Well, I found what may be the definitive version of that, from the Blind Boys of Alabama. Give a listen and see what you think.

The morns are meeker than they were,The nuts are getting brown;The berry’s cheek is plumper,The rose is out of town.The maple wears a gayer scarf,The field a scarlet gown.Lest I should be old-fashioned,I’ll put a trinket on.— Emily Dickinson

Just in time for the start of the school year, a study reports that kids who attend church regularly get higher grades: In the nearly 24 years Carolyn Knight has been director of children’s ministries at the United Methodist Church in Mitchell, she has seen the number of children participating in youth groups and summer…
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