Portland, Maine's domestic partner benefits requirements, Leighton Ford on Islam, and other stories from online sources around the world

The Yale University law professor and author of The Emperor of Ocean Park talks about the lack of religious characters in modern fiction

The rise and fall and rise and fall and rise of the VW Beetle

Christian leaders disagree, too.

Father of the men's movement Ed Cole dies, White House pushes faith-based initiatives, and other stories from online sources around the world

More Pakistan church attack suspects killed in another raid, Jewish evangelism debate continues, and other stories from online sources around the world

Two years after sharing her story of Hope with Christianity Today, the modern Job tells of losing another child to Zellweger Syndrome

Critics consider the teen thriller Swimfan and the broken family dynamics of City by the Sea. Plus: Further responses to My Big Fat Greek Wedding and some comment on The Devil's Playground

Wartime authors J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis help put 9/11 in perspective.

The right to deny housing to an unmarried couple, a Korean church school is attacked, and other stories from online sources around the world

But are Democrats really interested in explaining White House plans to their constituents?

The Houses of Worship Political Speech Protection Act may move this week, and other stories from online sources around the world

Critics respond to My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Believer, feardotcom, Undisputed, Mostly Martha, Little Secrets, and One Hour Photo. Plus, readers make suggestions for future Jesus movies, and a new development in the DGA/Clean Flicks clash

Pentecostal Koreans become Episcopalians, churches prepare for 9/11 services, and other stories from online sources around the world

A chaplain at Ground Zero talks about his role in a bigger story being told by a creator who deals in restoration

The spiritual war against terrorism is the war against the sinful heart and its allegiances

Are Mormons really America's fastest growing church? And more stories from online sources around the world

But you can tape it and watch after they go to bed

What Christian critics are saying about Barbershop, Stealing Harvard, One Hour Photo, Swimfan, and City by the Sea. Plus news on future films about Christians: Hell House and Saved