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with contributions from Rich Stearns, Ann Rodgers

SOMETIMES the truth is inconvenient.

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with contributions from Kathy Schoonover-Shoffner, Bob Smietana

AMERICANS CHANGE religious affiliation early and often.

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with contributions from Andrea Billups

AT THE TWO MEN AND A TRUCK corporate headquarters [in Lansing, Michigan], the Rev.

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with contributions from Graeme Morton, Dylan T. Lovan, Jeffrey Zaslow

THE CENTRE CITY PLAN, an ambitious vision for a revitalized downtown Calgary [Alberta, Canada] approved by city council in 2007, calls for higher-density housing, open spaces to savour, and a robust commercial sector.

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with contributions from Steve Crabtree, Brett Pelham, Michael Paulson

A TOUR of the world's most religious countries wouldn't be all mountaintop shrines and magnificent temples—it would also take you to some pretty bleak places.

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with contributions from Misty Harris, John Dart

PRAYER HAS GONE DIGITAL with help from a new Web service that allows people to outsource their holy communication to a computer.

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with contributions from Shawn D. Lewis, Mitchell Vantrease

TOM AVERY was embarrassed the first time he walked into a job workshop at his church.

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with contributions from Brendan Conway, Kim Shippey

ACCORDING TO THE BARNA GROUP in a study about Protestant churches' use of technology, 62 percent of churches currently have an Internet presence, up from 34 percent in 2000, and one in four are available on social-networking sites.