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• Cruising for Christ | Church sees classic car show as an exercise in community outreach (South Bend [Ind.] Tribune)
  
  
• They pray to change the world | As its name, folks at the World Mission Prayer League pray. A lot (Skyway News, Minneapolis)
  
  
• Serving up coffee, sandwiches and talk about God | Holy Grounds Cafe has about 100 regular customers, but has yet to break even (Associated Press)
  
  
• Paws that refresh | Church's pet ministry helps heal sorrowful hearts of all ages (The Flint [Mich.] Journal)
  
  
• Taking Jesus to the streets | These downtown Dallas preachers say their experiences help them reach the least reachable (The Dallas Morning News)

The Grahams:

• At Irving rally, youths pray for Billy Graham's October visit | Young Christians, about 5,000 strong, surrounded Texas Stadium and held hands in prayer Sunday in the scorching heat that only an August afternoon can bring (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• The gospel according to Franklin | Attacking Islam, taking on civil-rights groups -- Billy Graham's son steps out from the shadow of his famous father (The Sacramento [Calif.] Bee)
  
  
• Franklin Graham sees Islam as a religion of violence | Graham said he makes no distinction between the faith of Islam and the policies and practices of countries run by Islamic law (Associated Press/Charlotte Observer)
  
  
• Franklin Graham reiterates remarks about Islamic leaders | He says attacks weren't condemned; head of Muslim group disagrees (The Dallas Morning News)

Pop culture and media:

• Seeing God in crop circles | Is Signs getting at God? (David Klinghoffer, National Review Online)
  
  
• Insight into a world of religions | From facts to chats, sacred texts and a virtual tour, faith-based websites offer an abundance of information (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Living on a prayer | Shannan Taylor came close to throwing away his life and his boxing career, but now he's off cocaine, has found God and is once again chasing glory (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• Simpsons character celebrated at Christian festival | Ned Flanders Night was added to this year's Greenbelt Festival after an article in the magazine Christianity Today suggested that the evangelical animated character was more associated with the faith than such real-life religious figures as Pope John Paul II or Mother Teresa (CBC)
  
  
• Earlier: Saint Flanders | He's the evangelical next door on The Simpsons, and that's okily dokily among many believers (Christianity Today, Jan. 26, 2001)
  
  
• Blazing original path | Mansfield couple hocks car, business to launch magazine on Christian music (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• Also: Origin Magazine

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