I’ve said this for years, the Beatles were ‘seekers’ and the church turned them to the curb in the middle of their search for truth and purpose.

From the CBC today; John Lennon, famous for singing, "Imagine there's no heaven," is now said to have been "on the side of Christ," according to his own words recently unearthed from a long-lost radio interview.

"I'm one of Christ's biggest fans," the Beatles' songwriter is heard to say in a 1969 interview with Ken Seymour of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . "And if I can turn the focus on the Beatles on to Christ's message, then that's what we're here to do." World Net Daily News

The Portus 2008 conference is a Harry Potter-themed academic/fandom event going on the Hilton Anatole Hotel this weekend. Also in the hotel is a conference for Gospel for Asia , a Christian missionary organization that targets, duh, Asia.

So what do you get when you take 700 Potterheads, many in full costume, and about 1,000 dedicated missionaries. And the two groups are at opposite ends of the place. But there have been some interactions. Mostly cordial, I'm told, But some not so much.

On the one hand, I've been told that some of the missionary types are refusing to get o the elevators with obvious Potterheads -- or closing the elevator doors on 'em. OTOH, there's a group of Potterheads dressed as the villainous Voldemort and his Death Eaters -- black robes, goth-ish makeup. A giant fake snake. And they went over to where the missionaries had set up a church to do photos and be in-your-face. And in character, I guess. But these were minority reports. I've also heard about interested casual conversations between the two cultural worlds. Dallas Morning News Religion

Todd Bentley's healing ministry has gained national attention. His daily meetings for the past three months in Lakeland, Fla., have attracted hundreds of thousands from all over the world. The press has begun to question Bentley's legitimacy -- Is his financial accounting above board? Are miracles really happening? I want to raise some more personal concerns. Baptist Press News

The Roseville (Northern California) Police Department has gone into the hotel business. For $50, a guest can spend a night in the department's jail. There is no radio, no television and no Internet. The bed is a concrete slab. Of course, it's not for everyone. It's a new program that allows low-risk, nonviolent inmates to keep their day jobs while serving their sentences at night in the Roseville hoosegow. Sacramento Bee Article This past Sunday the newspaper took after the concept, calling it discrimination and unequal justice for the convicted. Sacramento Bee Editorial

Jonah is one of more than 46,000 California schoolchildren diagnosed with the enigmatic condition known as autism. That's more than triple the 14,000 enrolled at the beginning of the decade, making autism the fastest-rising disability in the state - and the most expensive and challenging for schools to address. But the education system has not kept up: State experts acknowledge that California schools lack a coherent education plan for these students, employ far too few qualified teachers, and have to divert regular-education funds to supplement special education budgets. SF Chronicle Newspaper

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he is "through with the acting" for now and remains committed to being a public servant, possibly even in a future role as "energy and environment czar" for Barack Obama should the Illinois senator become president, according to an ABC News interview that aired Sunday. Sacramento Bee He drives a Hummer, flies to work every week in a plane from Hollywood and is a constant carbon user himself. How can you have this man lead such a cause?