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As someone who has written for Christianity Today before, Rabey should know better. What was he trying to do, impress editors at the Times by misrepresenting his fellow evangelicals? They won't be impressed by his getting the facts wrong. (If Rabey wanted criticism of Grant, why not just quote from our post-divorce article?)

Meanwhile, reports Wired News, "fans and anti-spam activists are … full of righteous fury" over Grant's (or rather, her label's) bulk e-mail advertising campaign. Visitors to Grant's Website are told they can win a chance to meet the singer by forwarding a press release. Whoever forwards it to the most people wins. "I get upwards of 50 spams (unsolicited e-mail, usually selling something) a day and don't need well-meaning friends sending me more as well as getting me on to a mailing list I don't want to be on," one fan wrote on the newsgroup rec.music.artists.amy-grant.

Church of the Nativity:

• In Church of Nativity, the refuse of a siege | All in all, some priests said, it could have been worse. (The New York Times)
  
  
• Inside the siege of Bethlehem | Snipers, militants, vandals and priests: everyone had a story from the siege of Bethlehem. Here are the tales of four (Newsweek)
  
  
• The saga of the siege | The inside story of the Church of the Nativity standoff, and how the deal was struck to get the Palestinians out (Time)
  
  
• Hymns, not gunfire, fill Bethlehem | With the refuse left behind by trapped Palestinians swept away, hundreds of worshipers and clergymen gathered for Greek Orthodox services in the basilica and for Roman Catholic rites at the neighboring Church of St. Catherine. (The New York Times)
  
  
• At church, more dirt than damage | With the 5-week siege over at the litter-strewn Church of the Nativity, the faithful return to take stock (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Christianity turns the other cheek | Where is the outrage when a church is desecrated? (Raymond J. de Souza, The National Post, Canada)
  
  
• Israeli army 'descrated' Church, say Palestinian leaders | Say military entered "under the pretext of looking for three rifles" (AFP)
  
  
• After the standoff, a cleanup | Bethlehem picks up pieces as Israeli peace activists stage mass rally (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Church of the Nativity services resume (Associated Press)
  
  
• A church from the 4th century and a stalemate from the 21st | A first-person account of life inside the Church of the Nativity (Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times)

Other Holy Land troubles:

• Zionist Christianity is American heresy | So, reportedly, says Pope Shenouda III (Arabic News)
  
  
• Earlier: Reviving an Ancient Faith | Two strong-willed reformers bring Coptic Orthodoxy back to life. (Christianity Today, Nov. 30, 2001)
  
  
• In the name of God | Religious texts have long been a license to kill your foes in the Holy Land (Newsweek)
  
  

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