The Belleville [Michigan] Church of God youth group is "desperately trying" to find a wife for its pastor, Doug George. "I'm definitely lonely," says the 32-year-old George, who's grateful for the efforts. "She could be any race, nationality and even have children. As long as she's a good Christian, it doesn't bother me. I'm tired of the dating game, and I just want to meet somebody I can be with." Well, with lines like that, it's a wonder he's still available.

The Christian Defense Coalition says its freedom is violated by rules prohibiting signs larger than 4 feet by 4 feet. "It is an unconstitutional regulation against free speech on what should be the most hallowed sidewalk in the nation," says Patrick Mahoney, the organization's leader. Supreme Court Police say huge signs are dangerous because they block officers' vision, and could be used as weapons. What do you suppose the chances are of winning a case against the Supreme Court?

This time gunning for controversy and the inevitable fame that comes with it is actor and director Steven Berkoff, whose "Messiah" plays at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August. Berkoff's Jesus is a womanizer who sleeps around while preaching revolution. "When you do an analysis of world leaders, dictators, revolutionaries, radicals, religious leaders, all have been womanizers, all of them—Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Martin Luther King," Berkoff explains. "He probably had women in every town." And the resurrection, he says, was supposed to be a trick: "He doesn't want to die, he wants ...