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• Hunger Site seeks sustenance | Not long ago, the Hunger Site ranked as the most-visited online charity site. But then its owners ran out of money and shut it down. Now former beneficiaries are hoping to find a buyer. (Wired News)

Prayer:

• Prayer guidebook surprise best seller in Ireland | It's not Jabez, it's Benedictine monks of Glenstal Abbey near Limerick (Associated Press)
• 1,500 pray for healing, unity after police shooting | 50 churches unite for special service (Daily Press, Hampton Roads, Virginia)

Stanley Hauerwas:

• For God, not country | The un-American theology of Stanley Hauerwas (Lingua Franca)
• Do the right thing, damn it | Stanley Hauerwas, America's leading theologian, on laying bricks and taking the Lord's name in vain. (Killing the Buddha)

Catholicism:

• Nobel Committee member criticizes Pope over AIDS | Gunnar Staalseth, bishop of Oslo in Norway's Lutheran state church, attacks Catholics' condom ban (Associated Press)
• Cardinal says Moon put pressure on Milingo and wife | Archbishop of Washington also reiterates church stance that it does not recognize any Unification Church marriages (Reuters)

Other religions:

• Muslim Jesus | Tarif Khalidi of King's College, Cambridge, talks about The Muslim Jesus, his new collection of sayings and stories that depict Jesus in Islamic literature (NPR's Weekend Edition, 14.4 or 28.8 kbps)

Sexuality:

• True love should wait | In growing virgin movements, teenagers pledge to make abstinence a lifestyle choice (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Bible Belt leads at 'living in sin' | In the seven states where the law forbids people to "live in sin", the number of cohabiting couples has almost doubled from 500,000 in 1990 to 930,000 (The Daily Telegraph, London)

Life ethics:

• Abortion foes gave birth to Bush slogan | Stem cell policy speech used idea of 'snowflake' (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Earlier: Embryo 'Adoption' Matches Donors and Would-be Parents | 'Snowflake' program is only one of its kind in dealing with leftover fertilized eggs (Christianity Today, Nov. 2, 1999)
• Faith groups choose up sides in death penalty debate | Capital punishment, always a controversial topic, has become even hotter in the past year (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Integrity in sports:

• President Bush is no mulligan man | Bush's golf game is something of a metaphor for his decision-making style. Anguish and delay do not come into play. (Los Angeles Times)
• Earlier: Taking second chances: Par for Clinton's course (The New York Times, Aug. 28, 1999)

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