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"While a deputy was searching M. Reza Salami's car at a sobriety checkpoint last Saturday, the deputy asked Salami to wait in the back of his patrol car, Salami said.
There, Salami, a professor at N.C. A&T, saw a sign reading "Jesus is your savior" between the front and back seats."

"...an extraordinary community of caring."

What advice would you give Gordon Robertson, who takes over the Christian Broadcast Network when his father retires? CBN reaches millions of Christians daily.

Applause for the Catholic Church.

"In the decades since, Truett Cathy decided Chick-fil-A would never go public, would never open for business on Sundays and would operate according to biblical principles. Those principles came to mean so much to Truett that his three children (Dan, Bubba and Trudy Cathy White) volunteered to sign an informal "covenant of agreement" not to reverse them."

That's Mitt Romney, presidential contender, during a speech on religion and his Mormon faith.
He also said: "No authorities of my church, or of any other church for that matter, will ever exert influence on presidential decisions."
Is he more 'electable' after this?

But the store's response was.

UPDATE: Got my answer.

It's not surprising that violence hits places of worship, but it's sad -- and I wonder if security at that church normally carries weapons or if that was a last-minute judgment call because of the earlier violence hours away?

"Buddhists around the world dedicate December as a month in which we strive extra hard to throw away the outside and our attachments and concentrate on our efforts to live within and simply."

Did you make a conscious decision not to go?
"The Golden Compass, based on a series of children's books by British author and outspoken atheist Philip Pullman, was slammed by some groups as anti-religious. Some Catholic schools even sent out fliers or e-mails urging parents not to let their children see the film, which follows a girl on a crusade to help persecuted children."

The Nativity scene at Greensboro College had such presence that even on a hot December day you miss it.

Celebration of faith and miracles. One community's artistic celebration.

I can agree with this Virginia Tech professor as number one on the list of most inspirational people of 2007. How about others?

In Western society many Muslim families allow older children to decide whether to wear traditional garb. I can only imagine this is an aberration.

What should be the punishment for the person found guilty of this?

The number of states refusing federal money for "abstinence-only" sex education programs, according to the Washington Post, jumped sharply in the past year as evidence mounted that the approach is ineffective.

"On Friday, an advisory committee to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board recommended that the state allow the Institute for Creation Research to start offering online master's degrees in science education. The institute, which has been based in California, where it operates a museum and many programs for people who don't believe in evolution, is relocating to Dallas, where it hopes to expand its online education offerings."

The bustling New Lucky Restaurant in Ahmadabad is famous for its milky tea, its buttery rolls, and the graves between the tables

TAMPA - Worshipers at one of the morning services at St. James United Methodist watched intently as the Rev. Brian James stepped up to the pulpit to address the congregation.

This was the man they had trusted with their faith, their families and their own confessions. This was their guiding leader in the prominent New Tampa church that defines itself by the slogan, "Imperfect people ... following Jesus ... Into the World."

And now James had an imperfection of his own to disclose.

"I have preached, taught, visited, married, buried, I even administrated a little, but have not lived up to the sacred vows of ministry entrusted to me," James said, as he read from a prepared statement. "I need to share with you that I have developed an addiction to adult online pornography."

Are Christians afraid of global warming?

CHAPEL HILL - The Methodist campus ministry at UNC-Chapel Hill is planning the East Coast'' first large-scale Christian residence hall at a state university.
And the neighbors don't like it.

I'll be out of the office through Jan. 3.
I'd like for you to keep up the conversations -- start your own here:

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