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• Some congregations mixing God, country | Patriotism in worship has long been a sensitive issue to congregations (Tallahassee [Fla.] Democrat)
  
  
• Jesus, the Stars and Stripes, and the American main street | The Free Methodist Church in Lawrence sends parishioners to fight in Iraq (Helsingin Sanomat, Helsinki, Finland)
  
  
• For one pastor, the war hits home | The Rev. Tandy Sloan has presided over many a funeral and memorial service in Cleveland. But on Sunday, he wondered why his only child had to die in Iraq. (The New York Times)
  
  
• Stripped of spiritual comfort | My one comfort has been prayer and church. Now I'm feeling forlorn even about going to church (Frank Schaeffer, The Washington Post)
  
  
• Iraq on minds of churchgoers | Many in Wake town pray for war's end (The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.)

Opposition to war:

• Quakers find voice during times of war | In worship, they remain silent unless led by the divine to speak out. In wartime, they have no choice but to speak. (The Tampa [Fla.] Tribune)
  
  
• Churches are peace symbols | While noisy street protests have given Germany's campaign to stop the US-led war in Iraq its visibility, voice, and headlines, the nation's churches have provided the movement with its soul (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Pope calls for Iraq war to end soon | Pope John Paul II pleads for swift end to Iraq war, expresses concern for civilian welfare (Associated Press)
  
  
• D.C. pastor hears the insanity of the war cry | The Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler warns people against putting faith in a god who serves the interests of an American empire (Courtland Milloy, The Washington Post)
  
  
• Archbishop in Qatar strictly for theology | Rowan Williams, who was at the forefront of the anti-war movement, has no plans to visit British troops or even to mention the war (The Times, London)

George Bush and faith:

• Meshing of religion with politics refreshing for some Americans, concern for others (Voice of America)
  
  
• Bush puts God on his side | Before September 11, President George W Bush kept his evangelical Christian beliefs largely to himself (BBC)
  
  
• A pagan view of waging war | History's pagans might have approved of President Bush's Iraq policy, an author suggests (Peter Steinfels, The New York Times)
  
  
• Some doubt fellow United Methodist (the President) | At the Calvary United Methodist Church in the Bronx, feelings about the war easily intermingled with views of the president's religious convictions (The New York Times)
  
  
• The footsteps factor | From boyhood to the war in Iraq, George W. Bush has tried to follow his father's path (Kevin Phillips, Los Angeles Times)

Military chaplaincy:

• Military chaplains tackle tough issues | Because America often adheres to those theories of a just war, it makes it easier for military chaplains to do their jobs and soldiers to do theirs, says one (Montgomery [Al.] Advertiser)
  
  
• Pastor serves troops as military chaplain | It's nothing like Baghdad. On a sunny spring morning in Gilbert, Iowa, the combat zones of Iraq seem a world away (The Tribune, Ames, Ia.)

Aid and relief in Iraq:

• Christian groups plan for relief | Some are heading east with more than powdered milk and antibiotics in hand (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  
• Agency sensitive to need in Iraq | Food for the Hungry is collecting aid and preparing to assist 100,000 Iraqis when it becomes safe to enter the country (San Antonio [Tx.] Express-News)
  
  
• Should Christian missionaries heed the call in Iraq? | Christian relief workers want to help the Iraqi people, but they also want to spread the Gospel to a population that's 97 percent Muslim. (The New York Times)
  
  

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April (Web-only) 2003, Vol. 47