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Wayne Gretzky, the world's greatest hockey player, makes the players around him look like superstars with his uncanny playmaking ability. Gretzky isn't the biggest, strongest or fastest player on the ice, but since he began his career he has always been the best...
...faith. Far from being resolved by centuries of scholarship and devotion, the paradox of miracles seems only to deepen. Certainly they occupy a strange place on the spiritual map of America. When Time asked in a poll last week whether people believe in miracles, 69% said yes; and the fastest-growing churches in America are the Charismatic and Pentecostal congregations whose worship revolves around "signs and wonders." Tens of thousands of people gather in a pasture in Georgia or a backyard in Lubbock, Texas, because of reports that the Virgin appears in the clouds...
While traditional churches treat miracles gingerly, it is surely no coincidence that the fastest-growing movement in Christendom places miracles squarely at the center of worship. The growth rate of the "postdenominational" churches--the Charismatics and Pentecostals--now surpasses that of the Southern Baptists. Loosely structured, informal, led by powerful "apostles," these churches reject rigid hierarchies and sedate theology. "People don't come to listen," explains Peter Wagner, a professor of church growth at Fuller Theological Seminary, "They come to do." The miracles take many forms: besides healing, there are members who have visions, or speak in tongues, or collapse...
...time as a teenager on the road and getting her high-school diploma through a correspondence course. In 1989 she and her band, Los Dinos, got their big break-a recording contract with giant EMI--and then began to ride the wave of Tejano music, now the fastest- growing segment of the Hispanic recording business. Her father still manages the band, which includes her brother and husband...
Younger's best swim came in the 1650, which is not surprising considering that he already boasts Harvard's second-fastest time in the event. Younger finished a commendable eighth with a time of 15:06, giving him the prized All-American status...