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Super Bowl:

• Warner has faith in a higher authority | St. Louis quarterback credits God for success (New York Post)
  
  
• Keeping the faith | Perhaps no other professional sports team ever has been quite as unabashed in talking about their religious faith as the Rams. Or perhaps it is just that no other team at the pinnacle of its success, and with the sort of forum that brings, has been this forthright. (Chicago Tribune)
  
  

Olympics:

• Group: Olympics tarnished by condom stash | Salt Lake Organizing Committee's will distribute free condoms inside the Athletes Village. (The Salt Lake Tribune)
  
  
• Plus: Opposition to condoms at Olympics (Associated Press)
  
  
• Free condoms for athletes at Olympics draws protest (The New York Times)
  
  

Church life:

• Childless couples still finding church service an exercise in fertility | Seattle area church is attracting couples—even non-Christians—from around the country (The Seattle Times)
  
  
• Reconciliation | A black South End church is among the few starting to welcome gays and lesbians into their congregations (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Evening worship services dawn at Fielder Road Baptist Church | Pastor hopes to accommodate growing number of members (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  

Church and state:

• Move to abolish blasphemy law | Bill would also restore proposals for a new law of incitement to religious hatred, that was taken out of the Government's Anti-Terrorism Bill last year (The Daily Telegraph)
  
  
• Move to abolish blasphemy law (Ananova)
  
  
• ACLU fights 'Jesus Is Lord' signs outside Louisiana town (Associated Press)
  
  
• Church vs. state | Cottonwood Christian Center battles Cypress for the right to build on its own property (Steven Greenhut, The Orange County Register)
  
  

China:

• Fears loom over china jailing of Hong Kong Bible smuggler | China's jailing of a Hong Kong businessman for smuggling Bibles to the mainland has sparked deep worry among Christian groups in the territory with close links to their brethren across the border. (Reuters)
  
  
• U.S. expresses concern over Bible smuggler | Embassy says it is still troubled by case, even though sentence was lighter than expected (BBC)
  
  
• China trip offers Bush chance to address abuses | While in Beijing, he must speak out forcefully against torture, religious persecution and censorship—regardless of where they are carried out (Laura Ingraham, USA Today)
  
  

Interfaith discussion:

• Spiritual leaders sign agreement | The spiritual heads of the Church of England and Sunni Islam on Wednesday signed a joint initiative to promote greater understanding and respect between Christians and Muslims (Associated Press)
  
  
• Plus: Religious heads call for understanding (Associated Press)
  
  
• Ministry opens board to other faiths | The charity group decides to allow non-Christians to serve after denying the nomination of a Jewish woman (St. Petersburg Times)
  
  

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January (Web-only) 2002, Vol. 46