Friday Links Round-Up: Ted Williams. The Green Dragon. Desert Composer.

Here's a little round up of links from around the web you may have missed this week:

• Ted Williams: the homeless man with the golden voice.

• Egyptian Muslim leaders ask followers to stand as "human shields" around Coptic Christians on Christmas Eve mass.

• Check out the religious breakdown of each member of the 112th Congress.

• Why are dead birds falling out of the sky?

• Conservative Christian leaders warn about the "green dragon" of environmentalism.

• A composer in the desert: An NPR photo essay.

• Apple. Canon. Motorola. Sharp. See how these companies rank when it comes to the use of conflict minerals in their products.

Have a lovely weekend.

Jeannie Choi is web editor at Sojourners.