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with contributions from Charles Leighton, David L. McMahon

"That this nation was founded on transcendent values, which flow from a belief in a Supreme Being, seems beyond dispute," wrote federal judge James L. Graham, allowing Ohio's state motto, "With God All Things Are Possible," to be installed on the west plaza of its statehouse. In order to maintain separation of church and state, however, the judge said that the citation may not include the quotation's source: "[These words] are certainly compatible with all three of the world's major monotheistic religions."

Reported in
The Columbus (OH) Dispatch September 2, 1998

Studies and experience are showing that people eighteen to thirty-five years old tend to stay away from church because they expect it to be boring and irrelevant. Yet George Barna, who tracks religious trends, reports that there is severe loneliness among these individuals. "There is an expansive thirst for community and interpersonal connections," he says.

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