"I'VE BECOME MORE CONVINCED than ever that God finds ways to communicate with those who truly seek Him, especially when we lower the volume of the surrounding static.
with contributions from Barbara Jones, David Crary
"'HEALING HAS TRADITIONALLY taken place in the church until modern medicine took it out,' said Maggie Quisenberry, the parish nurse and health ministry manager at NorthEast Medical Center [in China Grove, North Carolina].
with contributions from Cathleen Falsani, David Ian Miller, Matthew Davies
" 'I CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT THAT,
it's too awful,' my editor said, turning her head away from a bank of television monitors and covering her eyes with her hands earlier this week when coverage of a car chase in Houston gave way to photos of Jill Carroll, our 28-year-old colleague from The Christian Science Monitor who was kidnapped January 7 in Iraq.
with contributions from Jonathan Petre, Jennifer Flowers
"THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
raised the prospect of its first female Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday in proposals aimed at smoothing the path towards women bishops.
with contributions from Joyce Howard Price, Kristen Tagami
"RELIGION CAN REDUCE the incidence of antisocial behavior in prison, an independent study of Mississippi inmates concludes, making faith-based programs an attractive alternative to expensive correctional treatment.
"CONFOUNDING CONVENTIONAL WISDOM,
a major new report reveals that all forms of political violence, except international terrorism, have declined worldwide since the early 1990s.
with contributions from Malcolm Brown, Peter Smith, Jesse Noyes
"CHRISTINE SENINI, A NEW NAVY CHAPLAIN,
will be praying for many sailors in the years to come, not least the two budding women pilots who have just completed their naval officer training with her.
