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TODAY'S DIALOGUE - September 11, 2002
This page will be updated again in October

Church Attendance Back to Normal - Fox News
The emotional pain and search for answers after Sept. 11 had many flocking to religious services like never before. But, like many of the initial post-attack phenomenon, church attendance has since returned to normal.

• How has your life changed spiritually since 9/11/01? Did your spiritual life change for the better and then change back to how it was before the attacks?
  
  
• Why do you think church attendance is back to "normal?" Did the new attendees have all their questions answered so there is no need to attend? Do you think attendance would pick back up again if there was another attack? Explain.
  
  
• What does this tell you about emotions and there effect on us? (Changes in life based on emotion are weak at best. Once emotions subside, the decisions we have made based on those emotions have usually subsided also.) Think of some dicisions you have made based on emotions. How did they pan out?
  
  
• How has your attitude changed since attack? Have you seen a change in attitude in you friends around you? Explain.
  
  
• Do you think life is back to normal in the U.S.? Why or why not? Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Do you see yourself and/or your country as being more patriotic? How or Why not?
  
  
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SIDE ORDERS - other news from today

Mom faces charges over kids' severe sunburns - Arizona Central
A woman was arrested on felony charges for allegedly letting her three children get so severely sunburned they looked like they "were dipped in red paint."

KIDS WANT DIVORCE FROM LESBIAN MOM - New York Post
A Texas courtroom is set to become the scene of a heartbreaking divorce battle - between a lesbian mother and her two teenage daughters.

Source: Big Brothers Misleading Sponsors - FNIF
Upset people from across the country have contacted Big Brothers Big Sisters of America to complain about the group's plans to have homosexual mentors. But now comes word that the organization is sending out inaccurate information about its policy.

Met offers alternative to Christian insignia - Telegraph
Metropolitan Police officers will be allowed to wear a badge without the traditional crown insignia after concerns that the inclusion of a Christian cross offended officers of other faiths.

Burning bin Laden - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Hence, they developed an elaborate memorial celebration that will begin with a traditional military-style memorial ceremony and culminate with a "payback" where a figure of Osama Bin Laden will go up in flames.

LEFTOVERS - previous dialogues

Wednesday - August 21, 2002

Bank robber's best chance of release is his shooting victim: a candidate for Wyoming governor

Friday - August 16, 2002

Part 2 of 2: Film Forum: Family-Friendly Fare from Fancied Fathers of Filth

Thursday - August 15, 2002

Part 1 of 2: Film Forum: Family-Friendly Fare from Fancied Fathers of Filth

Wednesday - August 14, 2002

Honesty trumps $5,000 in cash: Kirkland man finds stash in new home, returns it

Tuesday - August 13, 2002

Minnesota's close encounter of another kind

Monday - August 12, 2002

Armed police guard church as Christians defy bombers

Friday - August 9, 2002

Why are Christians losing America?

Thursday - August 8, 2002

God dwells in 'The Simpsons', authors say

Wednesday - August 7, 2002

School's out

Tuesday - August 6, 2002

Fear of death gives sense of urgency to life

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