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• Is the morning-after pill abortion? | A debate (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  
• Reclaiming prolifers | Quiet as it's kept, the diminishing Democratic majority in Congress for the past quarter of a century equals the rate at which pro-life Democrats have been abandoning the party (Nat Hentoff, The Washington Times)
  
  

Lent/Palm Sunday/Easter:

• Low-carb dieters bear Lent | Some Christians worry about regaining weight during holy time (Terry Mattingly)
  
  
• Finding a path of renewal | Many Christians observe the stations of the cross for spiritual enrichment, especially during Lent. Recently, a group of Catholics spent an afternoon meditating on these religious symbols (The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
  
  
• An ocean bridged by palm branches | On Palm Sunday, some Christians will be holding a little symbol of devotion that has roots thousands of miles away in seven mud villages near Masasi in southeast Tanzania, where a cottage industry has slowly grown up around the crosses (Jabari Asim, The Washington Post)
  
  
• Archbishop on the ball with his Easter message | While Williams is an internationally respected theologian, he is still able to communicate simple Christian teaching from the pulpit and delights in reconnecting Christianity to modern culture. He is a fan of The Simpsons, and enjoys regular visits to the theatre and cinema (Hannah Jones, The Western Mail, Wales)
  
  
• Pope to preside at all Holy Week, Easter ceremonies | The eight days between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday are the most intense in the Roman Catholic Church's liturgical calendar and are a keenly-watched test of the pontiff's stamina (Reuters)
  
  

Church life:

• Many church employees don't believe in hell | Nearly a fifth of the Evangelical Lutheran Church's employees have serious doubts about some of the religion's teachings. Most of the sceptics are the Church's own ministers (Finnish News Agency, Helsinki, Finland)
  
  
• Chancellor of Justice denounces clergy who refuse funeral services to non-church members | Finland's Chancellor of Justice Paavo Nikula says that blanket refusal by Lutheran clergy and parishes to provide funeral services for non-members of the church could violate church regulations (Helsingin Sanomat, Helsinki, Finland)
  
  
• Congregants sad to leave church home | Losing positions hurts spirit, wallet (The Kentucky Post)
  
  
• A friendly, familiar voice - even on Sundays | For those resigned to voice mail, receptionist at Park Cities Baptist is a pleasant surprise (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• Canyon Inn site sells for $2.5 million | El Monte-based International Theological Seminary buys abandoned Canyon Inn, recently a set for a Hollywood movie (San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Ca.)
  
  
• Peters Twp. pastor compelled to pursue church's top position | The Rev. L. Rus Howard says he didn't want to run for the top position in the Presbyterian Church (USA), but that's exactly what he's doing. (Observer-Reporter, Washington, Pa.)
  
  
• PM to Baptists: Put Crowne Plaza incident behind you | Prime Minister Patrick Manning has advised Spiritual Baptists to forgive and forget the aborted attempt to evict their leaders from Crowne Plaza hotel, Port of Spain, last Friday (Trinidad & Tobago Express)
  
  
• St Paul's restored face revealed | The first renovated face of St Paul's Cathedral is being revealed to the public on Wednesday (BBC)
  
  

Missions & ministry:

• Latest attacks highlight risks and reasons for missionaries | The news was personal last week for David and Rhonda Ochoa when they heard missionaries had been killed in Uganda. The couple, who live in The Colony with their three children—and are expecting another—plan to head out in May as missionaries to the East African country (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  

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March (Web-only) 2004, Vol. 48