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Prayers in the media spotlight

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One of the most damning film portrayals of media hordes came years ago in Philip Kaufman’s The Right Stuff, which repeatedly made the sound of whirring cameras sound like so many locusts. Those scenes came to mind when I saw this detail in the Los Angeles Times‘ coverage of the scene at Christ Lutheran Church in Wichita, which Dennis Rader, the accused BTK serial killer, has attended for more than 30 years:


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Revved up for God

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Back in the 1980s, while working as the religion editor for the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, I interviewed a man who was a chaplain to NASCAR racers and their families. The chaplain was kind, and patient with my astonishment that NASCAR drivers would feel any interest in his services.


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Greek scandal explodes

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North American media are starting to tune into the scandal — scandals, actually — rocking the Greek Orthodox Church back in the motherland. Here is a CBC report. Right now, the best story to read on this is by Brian Murphy of the Associated Press. Watch for this: “On Saturday, the 102-member Holy Synod is expected to approve a series of measures proposed by the archbishop, including greater involvement of civil overseers in the church’s financial dealings and “ethical misconduct.” Seminary students may also lose their exemption from military service — an obligation for nearly every Greek man.”


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