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...eyes as she sits on the roadside along Prairie Chapel Ranch Road. She's doing two interviews simultaneously, one on her cell phone and another with a reporter on the scene. Sheehan is surrounded by some 60 supporters and a small roadside field of white crosses. Signs saying "Jesus Wept," "Bush: Meet with Cindy" and "Iraq = Arabic for Vietnam" line the country road, along with bongo drums and small lean-tos for shade...
...needed to do," she says. Still, when she first opened her salon in 2000, she shied from identifying the business as Christian. "It's risky because we're a small community," she says. "You might turn people off if they think, At that salon, they're going to preach Jesus to me." In recent years, as her clientele solidified and evangelical Christians gained prominence nationwide, she grew bolder. She had Scripture stenciled on the walls and named the adjoining café Java Garden (as in Garden of Eden). The salon plays Christian rock, displays Christian magazines and forbids cursing or gossip...
...some extent, homogeneity is a result of self-selection: Christians are more likely to apply for and remain in jobs at Christian businesses. Owners like Griffin say they make their faith clear in the interview. "I say, 'Look, I'm a Christian. We do talk about Jesus here. We do pray with clients. And if you don't feel this is something you can handle, you might not feel comfortable in this environment.'" When she had a biblical mural installed at one location, a stylist stopped showing up at work. "She said Jesus was staring down...
...cool Christian stuff for teens, even other Christians rolled their eyes. Undeterred, Barreto named his venture C28 (for Colossians 2:8) and has opened six stores since 2001. The loud music is Christian alt-rock, the graffiti on the floor is a blue cross and the toe rings say JESUS NEVER FAILS YOU. "When you walk in here, it's happy," says customer James Persinger, 19. Barreto admits he's not always happy contemplating the balance sheets: C28 has eaten up $1.9 million of Barreto's money and has yet to turn a profit. Though store sales are jumping...
...flames. The U.S. authorities had all but given up hope of finding the missing men, and the good news spread quickly. The Navy sent several PT boats to rescue the marooned sailors, and Gasa and Kumana went along for the ride. "As we left Rendova, the Marines began singing 'Jesus loves me, this I know,'" recalls Gasa. "The PT boat was so fast it felt as if we were flying in the air." Six days after their ordeal began, the sailors were plucked from the island...