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The best story belongs to a guy actually named Bruce. He's not God, but he knows where to find him. Bruce MacInnes is pastor of Turner's Chapel Church in Sanford, North Carolina. "I had another call from a man who asked to talk to God," MacInnes told the Associated Press. "I told him if he was serious I would be happy to talk with him about God. I said if he wasn't serious he could just hang up. He hung up."

Hallman says she got through to someone. According to The State of South Carolina, she told someone who asked to speak to God, "You get down on your knees and you talk to God, and he'll hear you-because he's everywhere. He doesn't just live here, so get down on your knees. If I could get down on mine, I would, but I can't, and I think he understands that. God is supposed to hear us wherever we are."

Anglican leadership debates gay couples:

• Anglican Church won't bless gay couples | Leaders of the world's Anglican churches said Tuesday that they cannot support ceremonies blessing homosexual relationships, which one bishop in Canada has permitted (Associated Press)
  
  
• Church withholds blessings for gays (The Times, London)
  
  
• Archbishop backs move to deny gay couples a church blessing (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Williams denounces gay marriages (The Daily Telegraph, London)
  
  
• Pastoral Letter from the Primates of the Anglican Communion (Anglican Communion News Service)
  
  
• Earlier: Archbishop says Church must accept faithful gays | Williams believes that faithful gay partnerships should be accepted by all Christians who endorse contraception (The Times, London)
  
  
• Church should accept gays - archbishop | According to a biography of Dr Rowan Williams serialized in The Times newspaper, the head of the church believes faithful gay partnerships could be accepted by many Christians (BBC)
  
  
• A man of God: The making of Rowan Williams | From very religious child to Archbishop of Canterbury, our correspondent traces the roots of the Christian compassion that explain why Rowan Williams wants the church to soften its line on homosexuality (Rupert Shortt, The Times, London)
  
  
• How the Church has lifted bans laid down by Bible | Rowan Williams is probably right to predict that these teachings will eventually have the same status as former teachings on slavery, usury and hellfire (Ruth Gledhill, The Times, London)

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) General Assembly:

• Opening service unites Presbyterians | Divisive issues await week-long meeting (The Denver Post)
  
  
• Also: Presbyterians meet about homosexuals (The Washington Times)
  
  
• Presbyterian panel OKs gay ordination | The committee's recommendation will be considered by the full General Assembly later this week as its meeting in Denver continues (The Denver Post)
  
  
• Liberal female pastor elected head of Presbyterian assembly | Susan Andrews supports the ordination of noncelibate gays and lesbians (The Denver Post)
  
  
• Teen a leader in her church, at national meeting | Jessica Dixon, 18, is a youth elder charged with decisions that can range from hiring a pastor to buying property (The Denver Post)

Interfaith relations and other religions:

• The 'loving rebuke' | Earlier this month, a group of religious figures gathered in Washington, D.C., in order to publicly condemn recent remarks on Islam and Mohammed by evangelical leaders, including me (Jerry Falwell, WorldNetDaily.com)
  
  

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May (Web-only) 2003, Vol. 47