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The Bishop and the Rabbi

No, this post about a bishop and a rabbi isn't an attempt to repeat one of the old jokes my grandpa used to tell. Instead, it highlights two very different profiles that I've enjoyed recently. Andrew Corsello's "Let God Love Gene Robinson" in

The Good Shepherd

For five weeks in Iraq, Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Moni Basu and photographer Curtis Compton shadowed Chaplain Darren Turner as he counseled battle-fatigued soldiers. Their 8-part narrative, "Chaplain Turner's War," is a finely crafted package

The Condemned

"Islamic Schools Lure African Boys Into Begging," by the AP's Rukmini Callimachi, is a powerful, disturbing story. While Callimachi builds dramatic tension by describing 9-year-old Coli's attempts to escape from a Quranic instructor, she takes us into

Winning Pictures

The National Press Photographers Association has finished its 2008 competition, and the winners show us the best of photojournalism on the Web. John Moore of Getty Images captured first place in the still photo category for a portfolio showing the causes

The Rock Comes to a Hard Place

Can one man save the poorest place in Texas' richest county? In "The Fight for Sugar Hill,"  Paul Meyer of The Dallas Morning News offers a brilliant profile of Rock Carpenter, a struggling pastor who tries to rescue the desperate

Behind Church Doors

If you think governments and businesses can be secretive, try covering the inner workings of a major church. G. Wayne Miller of The Providence Journal successfully explores this oft-hidden world of church leaders in "An American Bishop." Miller spent