While overall this is a good article, there are a few critiques of it. Kearney tells about more suits going to church from the religious leaders' perspectives, but what about the individual's perspective? I think that the story would have benefited from an interview with someone who had just started attending services due to the finacial difficulties. There are more people attending overall, but has anyone stopped attending religious services because they feel God has not answered prayers concerning their job? How do those already in these congregations feel about people who didn't come before coming to them and asking for financial help?
The sources do have the credentials to be interviewed, but again, what about the individual people in the religious organizations? We are told that Lou Janicek, works as a financial adviser on Wall Street, but is his job in jeopardy? What does he have in common with those who are now attending the religious services?
I think it's a positive for the story that there are are comments from religious leaders from a Protestant church, a Catholic church, and a Jewish temple. They even mentioned that they tried to interview someone from the mosque, but got no response. It shows the diversity present at Wall Street, and that the turmoil is affecting everyone.
View the article at http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-09-22-wall-street-churches_N.htm
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You bring up a good point: Why didn't the reporter get out there and find one of these "suits." At the end of the article, it appears the reporter simply called a random "suit" who said he did not attend services. Come on now! Your article is about all these big time Wall Street gurus going to church, and you can't even find a single one to quote! I also would like to know if the regular attendees look down upon their most recent brethren.
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