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CARLSBAD, Calif. — On a marquee outside and on a banner inside, Pilgrim United Church of Christ proclaims, “All are welcome.†Sustained by the belief that embracing all comers is a living example of Christ’s love, Pilgrim now faces a profound test of faith.
In late January, Mark Pliska, 53, told the congregation here that he had been in prison for molesting children but that he sought a place to worship and liked the atmosphere at Pilgrim.
Mr. Pliska’s request has plunged the close-knit congregation into a painful discussion about applying faith in a difficult real-world situation. Congregants now wonder, are all truly welcome? If they are, how do you ensure the safety of children and the healing of adult survivors of sexual abuse? Can an offender who accepts Christ truly change?
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — As I drove north on the New Jersey Turnpike recently, a Mary Kay cosmetics saleswoman in a Cadillac DTS passed me on the right, her big car’s paint job hitting me like a punch in the eye from the Pink Panther.
As it zoomed on past the car gradually changed color. Starting at the edges, the pink faded and turned to a pearly white.
Back in New York City, during the media preview days for the New York Auto Show in early April, I spent some time talking to Chris Webb, General Motors’ Exterior Color and Trend Designer. He helped design the paint used on that car.
“We have a dedicated line that just runs the Mary Kay cars for them,” said Webb.
If you want drive a color-shifting pink-pearl Cadillac yourself, you’ll have to get a job with Mary Kay and start moving some serious eye-liner for the privilege.
Color-shifting pigments aren’t entirely new – the technology has existed for many years – but they have now entered the mainstream and are bringing new popularity to once-boring shades.
Silver isn’t silver anymore. Black might not always be black. Around the edges of the wheel wells it might glisten in purple or gold. Where the body curves inward, hints of blue or red might shine from the shadows.