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The churches:

• Church stunned by former member's deadly actions | Matthew Murray's mother is in charge of Love Fellowship's women's ministry. A prayer service is planned for tonight. (The Denver Post)
• New Life Church offering comfort (The Denver Post)
• Churches mixed over armed guards | Public reluctance, liability issues work against it, experts say (Rocky Mountain News)
• Americans might balk at vigorous strategies (Rocky Mountain News)
• Pastor decries 'moral detachment' | But failure to deal with guns, mental illness also cited (Rocky Mountain News)
• Unsafe at New Life Church | God bless that hallowed ground. Even if it can't be safe–because no place is–it can be a place of renewal and healing (Patton Dodd, Beliefnet)

The shooter:

• Police: Church gunman killed himself (Associated Press)
• Reports: Colorado gunman posted anti-Christian writings (CNN)
• Diatribe foretold horror | Shooter Matthew Murray posted reworked writing of Columbine killer between attacks (The Denver Post)
• Web posting replicates Columbine shooter's manifesto | A diatribe was posted at 11:03 a.m. Sunday on a website devoted to people who have left religion (The Denver Post)
• Murray's religious rants all the rage on the Internet (Rocky Mountain News)
• Gunman's hate boiled over | Shooter had failed to pass muster with missionary center (Rocky Mountain News)
• Roommate: Murray booted from center for bizarre behavior (Rocky Mountain News)
• Family friend calls gunman "loner" | A prayer service for all the families affected is scheduled for Tuesday night (The Denver Post)
• 2 Sisters Killed and the Reason: Revenge? (The Gazette)

The victims:

• Victims came from family of faith | Remembering Rachel and Stephanie Works (The Denver Post)
• As father recovers, Aurora family grieves loss of 2 girls | Gunman opened fire on teens, dad as they left church (Rocky Mountain News)
• In his own words: Larry Bourbonnais | Colorado Springs resident Larry Bourbonnais, 59, is a New Life parishioner and a Vietnam veteran who was slightly injured by a bullet fragment during the shooting at New Life Church (Rocky Mountain News)

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