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July 2003

July 09, 2003
How many Southern Baptists does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: "One to...
July 02, 2003
The couple holds hands before the altar as a priest guides them through their vows. "I...

June 2003

June 25, 2003
One thing great preachers enjoy about traveling is that they can hear other people preach. But...
June 18, 2003
Harry Potter froze in terror as the hellish Dementors rushed to suck out his godfather's soul....
June 11, 2003
WASHINGTON -- Pollsters who pry into matters of faith know they have to phrase their...
June 04, 2003
The theory behind "speed dating" is simple, even if the logistics sound complex. At many...

May 2003

May 28, 2003
WASHINGTON -- In a matter of days, Father C. John McCloskey III will quietly perform...
May 21, 2003
Predicting the future is dangerous, especially when a world-be prophet puts her thoughts in writing.But...
May 14, 2003
The words of the scripture are clear: everything changes when someone is born again."Before his...
May 07, 2003
Did you know NASA scientists proved that God really made the sun stand still just...

April 2003

April 30, 2003
During one of his shifts wielding the U.S. Senate gavel, Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas...
April 23, 2003
Look up "mission" in a dictionary and it's clear why the word makes Hollywood nervous.A...
April 16, 2003
At the end of their shows, the unlikely duo of Rabbi Robert Alper and Muslim...
April 09, 2003
One of the great challenges of being a minister is finding something fresh and inspiring...
April 02, 2003
It's no surprise that Johann Christoph Arnold opposes the war in Iraq.The senior elder of...

March 2003

March 26, 2003
It's time for the Catholic bishops to go to confession.It's time for all of the...
March 19, 2003
Attention all families and friends preparing to send "care packages" to U.S. soldiers: Not all...
March 12, 2003
The first thing people do after entering the quiet sanctuary is pause at a table...
March 05, 2003
There was a time in the late 1980s when Georgette Forney didn't want to turn...

February 2003

February 26, 2003
In the Hollywood culture wars, Barbara Nicolosi is an army of one, a former nun...
February 19, 2003
An Episcopal bishop could not find a more natural place to preach than on National...
February 12, 2003
As author of "The Gospel According to The Simpsons," Mark Pinsky is well aware that...
February 05, 2003
One of the Rev. Dwight Moody's favorite perks as dean of the Georgetown College chapel...

January 2003

January 29, 2003
Anybody who knows anything about religion knows that people in pulpits have a different view...
January 22, 2003
The Korean businessman had answered all of Aly Colon's questions.Still, a good journalist often senses...
January 15, 2003
Lou Grant had a problem.Actually, the city editor on this classic TV comedy had two...
January 08, 2003
British tabloid veteran Dan Wooding knows a good headline when he hears one. Here a...
January 01, 2003
Every day the headlines and cartoons seem to get worse.Every night stand-up comics crank out...

December 2002

December 25, 2002
Archbishop John Foley was speaking to an audience of Catholic communications officers and editors, so...
December 18, 2002
At first light, the little ones would sneak out of bed to look for telltale...
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