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September 10, 2011 | Vol. 26, No. 18

Remembering 9/11

Mindy Belz | 'We have some planes.'


FEATURES

Mindy Belz | What happened to ordinary men and women at Ground Zero helps explain why the road to reconstruct the World Trade Center has been long and torturous

Emily Belz | A soldier survivor of the attack on the Pentagon remembers other soldiers who have fallen since 9/11

A look at the key events since 9/11

Paul Glader | Former Wall Street Journal editor Melanie Kirkpatrick escaped 9/11 to witness New Yorkers learning to rebuild physically and spiritually

Marvin Olasky | Is a rule-obsessed religion that denies original sin and the need for grace compatible with freedom?

Edward Lee Pitts | Shanksville, the site of Flight 93's crash, gets a national makeover in time for the 10th anniversary of remembering its heroes

Makoto Fujimura | Discovering what terrorists could not steal away

Diane Langberg | The psychologist, author, and Westminster Theological Seminary faculty member counseled many who survived the attack

Michael Leary | The executive director of Christian Embassy in London was part of an International Prayer Breakfast at the UN

Heather Mercer | The head of the aid group Global Hope had been arrested by the Taliban and was in captivity in Afghanistan

Bill Bangham | The director of media production at International Mission Board was in Kathmandu leading a prayer retreat in Nepal for Christian workers from central and southern Asia

Wendy Merdian | The writer was leading a women's Bible study in Amman, Jordan

Laurie Mylroie | The author was part of an investigation into the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center


CULTURE
Books

Hard times

Books remind us of history's forgotten lessons and give hope for times we despair
 
FILM & TV

Sarah's Key

Film uncovers the buried history of Nazi-occupied France, when the French government arrested over 13,000 Jews

Powerful Hour

New BBC America show offers an engrossing story of the birth of broadcast journalism

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

Despite the bells and whistles, the film takes time to touch on familiar family challenges

Attack the Block

This surprisingly delightful British film introduces aliens who land smack in the heart of South London's ghetto

Box Office Top 10

For the weekend of Aug. 19-21, according to Box Office Mojo
Music

Tea Party Travis

Country superstar's new album is a family values anthology
Notable CDs

Notable CDs

Four noteworthy new CDs reviewed by Arsenio Orteza
Q&A

Good business

Christians have a mission to build, says Princeton's David Miller and we can do that in the working world

NOTEBOOK
Houses of God
New York City
Sports
Colorful UFC commissioner Dana White tells it like it is
Money
Rock-bottom mortgage rates cannot keep sales of new homes from falling to record lows
Technology
Christian blogger/pastor warns of iPhone idolatry
Science
Researchers may be finding a way to destroy a drug-resistant killer
Religion
Study upends the crude stereotypes about the religiously observant
Lifestyle
Rural prosecutor finds a dangerous drug at the root of all kinds of crime