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• How a war became a crusade | Like the strategists' faith in smart bombs, George Bush's faith in Providence frees him from having to consider the role of chance in armed conflict (Jackson Lears, The New York Times)
  
  
• Faithful should try stealth to get to pious Bush | Can Bush really be sure God is on his side, when the leaders of this nation's faithful haven't had a chance to share their side? (Laura Billings, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.)
  
  
• Faith a requisite on the battlefield | Americans should celebrate the fact that pastors protest, and participate, in war (Editorial, The Indiana Star)
  
  
• Was Jesus a pacifist? | Darrell L. Bock and Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite debate (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• Watch the words | The pope prefers diplomacy over Iraq. But diplomacy requires enforcement. (Thomas J. Farnan, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  
  
• Pious nonsense | The unholy "Christian" case against war (Christopher Hitchens, Slate.com)
  
  
• This just in? | The Vatican's views on war are welcome, agree or not. (Brendan Miniter, The Wall Street Journal)
  
  
• Lament for a saint | St. Patrick's Day is supposed to celebrate love and peace. How ironic that it's now turning into a deadline for war (Patti Davis, Newsweek Online)

Church life:

• Opportunity knocks next door | In neighboring church, a Derita congregation finds its mission field (The Charlotte Observer)
  
  
• Church radical stirs up debate | John Shelby Spong, a retired Anglican leader, brings his controversial message to Salem (Statesman-Journal, Salem, Ore.)
  
  
• Supporters create new church for ex-pastor | They turned their backs on Southwest Community after David T. Moore's departure (Press Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.)
  
  
• Anglican dissidents pledge to work for greater unity | U.S. Anglican Congress, which met in Atlanta in December, has been circulating the "Atlanta Covenant," a framework that calls for the dissidents to grow together, respect each other's ministries and find ways to attract minorities to their churches (Religion News Service)
  
  
• Do active believers live their faith? | Lent is an excellent season for churches to diagnose their spiritual effectiveness (Mike McManus, The Repository, Canton, Ohio)
  
  
• Church faces new baptism complaint | A Colorado Springs church long criticized for baptizing children without their parents' permission faces a new complaint from the mother of an 8-year-old girl who said her daughter was ordered to disrobe for a baptism Sunday (The Colorado Springs Gazette)
  
  
• Head of Presbyterian Church presiding in time of conflict | The Rev. Fahed Abu-Akel knows quite a bit about intractable conflicts (The Orlando Sentinel)

Missions and ministry:

• Cape ministry hopes to expand | Center is haven to teen mothers in need (The News-Press, Fort Myers, Fla.)
  
  
• Church to battle drought with faith | Bruce Nielson and other Faith Bible Chapel members have sent letters to 1,300 Christian churches in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming, asking them to encourage members to pray, worship or fast for rain March 22 to March 30 (Denver Post)
  
  
• Taking their acts on the road | Traveling ministries now book big arenas (The Commercial Appeal, Memphis)
  
  
• Graham's group raised $3.4 million | In all, 225,000 people attended the Texas rally Oct. 17-20 (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram)
  
  
• Oral history | Since he began his small 'healing' ministry in Oklahoma more than 50 years ago, Oral Roberts has taught millions that prosperity and the power of the Holy Spirit are available to them (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram)
  
  

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