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3. Christian cowboy gallops through Southland | Don't be alarmed if you see a cowboy moseying through the Southland today. That's just Couy Griffin, a 32-year-old New Mexico man out on a monthslong, nationwide journey to spread the word of Jesus Christ (Daily Southtown, Chicago)
   
   
4. Teens' message: 'Luther is my homeboy' | The convention of youth of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is so large that they meet in two waves (San Antonio Express-News)
   
   

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Money and business:

1. Wal-Mart CEO calls sustainability a "higher purpose" | Jim Ball, executive director of the Evangelical Environmental Network, said Wal-Mart's efforts were helping convince people that the science behind human-made climate change is real (Pine Bluff Commercial, Ark.)
   
   
2. The way of all flesh | Christian marriage advisers say kinky's okay, the observant way (Joann Wypijewski, Mother Jones)
   
   

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Entertainment and media:

1. Johnny Cash earns first No. 1 album since 1969 | Though the top debut is a great posthumous achievement, the Rick Rubin-produced "American V" sold the fewest copies of a No. 1 debut since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991 (Reuters)
   
   
2. Omaar to explore Jesus miracles | Jesus' miracles as described in the Bible are to be recreated in an upcoming three-part BBC series, presented by reporter Rageh Omaar (BBC)
   
   
3. God-fearing footballers | Bible study big part of life for many Blue Bombers (The Winnipeg Sun)
   
   

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Crime and lawsuits:

1. Pastor accused of threatening wife | Bloomington minister allegedly choked her, held knife to throat (Peoria Journal-Star, Ill.)
   
   
2. Stolen jewelry returned | Items returned to church, 25 years later (MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, Mass.)
   
   
3. Judge rules against farmer in raw milk case | A judge has ruled that a state law prohibiting the sale of raw milk does not violate an Amish dairy farmer's religious beliefs and has ordered him not to sell unlabeled milk from his farm (Associated Press)
   
   
4. Abramoff and 4 others sued by tribe over casino closing | An Indian tribe says the former superlobbyist mounted a fake religiously themed moral crusade against gambling in Texas to benefit a competing casino in Louisiana (The New York Times)
   
   
5. Maine community denounces mosque attack | "Our message is simple: An attack on any house of worship is an attack on all houses of worship," Rabbi Hillel Katzir told a group of about 150 Wednesday including the town's mayor, governor, students and community activists who rallied in support of the Somali worshippers (Associated Press)
   
   
6. Sad (sex) commentary on the church | The scandalous and criminal sexual assault on a 13-year-old female child by a deacon of The Church Dayton Diamond Ridge must be seen as more than a one-off perversion committed by a church member (Mark Wignall, The Jamaica Observer)
   
   

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Other stories of interest:

1. 'I promised I wouldn't hang up' | Lisa Jefferson, the phone supervisor who took Todd Beamer's call on Flight 93, believes God called her for a purpose (Beliefnet)
   
   
2. Pulpit perfect | Henry Ward Beecher was a renown abolitionist. But, it turns out, he was also a philanderer (George Marsden, The Wall Street Journal)
   
   
3. Freemasonry alive and well in 21st century | "A lot of people are finding in the 21st century that organised religion is not answering their needs, and for some people Freemasonry is that answer," Diane Clements, director of the Library and Museum of Freemasonry said (Reuters)
   
   
4. Religion news in brief | Episcopalians seek alternative leadership; Lay committee says Presbyterian "apostasy" cannot be reversed; Nevada valedictorian ignites free speech debate; and other stories (Associated Press)
   
   

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