Having FAITH in the market

BY HEATHER HAHN

Even in a bear market, a number of investors aren’t losing faith. They are applying their religious values to their stock portfolios and in many cases, they are reaping much more than they’ve sown. - Saturday, August 23, 2008

Group prays for divine help at gas pump

BY VIMAL PATEL LOS ANGELES TIMES

WASHINGTON — Forget Congress. Forget President Bush. About four months ago, frustrated by the apparently immutable laws of supply and demand, Rocky Twyman turned to a higher authority in his quest for cheaper gasoline. - Saturday, August 23, 2008

Will Dalai Lama survive China’s Olympics unrest?

BY LUCKY SEVERSON RELIGION AND ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY

All eyes are on China as it plays host to the 2008 Olympic Games, and for the moment, earlier unrest over China’s treatment of Tibet has largely moved off center stage — much to Beijing’s relief. - Saturday, August 23, 2008

Author:Amish are increasing

BY MARK SCOLFORO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LANCASTER, Pa. — The Amish are expanding their presence in states far beyond Pennsylvania Dutch country as they search for affordable farmland to accommodate a population that has nearly doubled in the past 16 years, a new study found. - Saturday, August 23, 2008

Communities of faith

Witnesses event to draw from 4 states TULSA — Jehovah’s Witnesses from Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma will gather at the Tulsa Convention Center from Friday through Sept. 1 for a district convention. - Saturday, August 23, 2008

Charges rare in beatings of Senegal Koran pupils

BY RUKMINI CALLIMACHI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KAOLACK, Senegal — It hurts too much to lie on his back, so the 7-year-old has spent the past month stretched out on his stomach. His two grandmothers sit on the hospital bed beside him, fanning the pink flesh left exposed by his teacher’s whip. - Saturday, August 23, 2008

Wal-Mart poses a puzzlement

BY HEATHER HAHN

It’s the largest retailer in world, but faith-based financial managers differ on whether Wal-Mart is a socially responsible investment. - Saturday, August 23, 2008

Film about Graham splits his son, daughter

BY TIM FUNK MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Franklin Graham has criticized the new feature film about his famous father, saying Billy: The Early Years includes a few scenes that never happened in real life and others that are “greatly embellished.” “My father’s life has been documented in many ways and I have always appreciated those who painstakingly sought to tell his story accurately,” Franklin Graham said in a statement posted Monday on the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Web site, www.billygraham.org. - Saturday, August 23, 2008