First Links — 9.25.13

Communing with a Lubavitcher ‘Saint?’
Mark Kellner, GetReligion

Philosophy Needs Conversation
Nigel Warburton, Aeon

Small Towns and Supersized Spirituality
Jake Meador, Christianity Today

How Flannery O’Connor Did Money
Brooke Hatfield, Billfold

Roots, Limits, Love
Mark Mitchell, Intercollegiate Review

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