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October 2013

October 21, 2013

Is it time for the old Mainline churches to shed that label?

BOBBY ASKS: Who are the “Mainline” Protestants today? DOUGLAS LIKEWISE ASKS: (Paraphrasing) What do we...

October 21, 2013

AP highlights Obama’s eisegesis — perhaps unwittingly

Without doubt, the job of president of the United States can easily drive someone one...

October 17, 2013

Luke Russert on snark, journalism, faith and easy targets

Let's start the day with a quick thought from Luke Russert of NBC News, who...

October 15, 2013

Chuck Smith, fundamentalism and (yes) the AP stylebook

Readers who have been following this weblog through the years are probably familiar with the...

October 15, 2013

Bravo, Boston Globe: An Episcopal anti-violence winner

I love a good story. Thanks to Lisa Wangsness, Godbeat writer for the Boston Globe, I...

October 10, 2013

Hey atheists, ‘Thank God you’re wrong’

As a reporter, I'm always amazed by how much I learn when I actually pick...

October 10, 2013

Lost in translation – AFP and the Seventh-day Adventists

Reports on the exorcism trial currently underway in Paris suburb of Essonne cast an interesting...

October 08, 2013

Zen Pastor Mariano Rivera and his vague, comforting karma

Lat's state the obvious: It's getting harder and harder for news consumers to figure out...

October 08, 2013

NYTimes offers tales of two very different Christian colleges

The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana, has had a reputation as one of the...

October 07, 2013

Hey, LA Times, there’s more to HHS fight than Hobby Lobby

First things first: I have to admit that I almost choked on my diet cherry...

October 06, 2013

Another haunted story about Ravens locker room faith

At this point, fans who pay close attention to the Baltimore Ravens are contemplating a...

October 04, 2013

Pod people: Deja vu on global persecution of Christians

As a rule, I don't discuss the contents of one of my new Scripps Howard...

September 2013

September 26, 2013

Got news? Pope Francis speaks — this time the media blink

It's safe to assume that, at this moment in time, Pope Francis is a rock...

September 21, 2013

The ‘exceptional importance’ of the Hobby Lobby case

It's no surprise that the "Hobby Lobby" case is in the news. The valid headlines...

September 17, 2013

Seeing through a famous glass cathedral, rather dimly

The 2010 bankruptcy of Crystal Cathedral Ministries, founded in 1955 by the Rev. Robert H....

September 12, 2013

Hey, guess what, all Baptists are Calvinists

Where's Joe Carter when you need him? Oh, right. I forgot. Before his premature departure,...

September 07, 2013

Pod people: ‘Conservative’ Baptists spark a conversation

In three and a half years, I've written 439 posts for GetReligion (this makes 440,...

September 04, 2013

AP embraces cliches, labels in seminary prez profile

Yawn. Sorry, I just finished reading The Associated Press' feeble attempt at profiling Albert Mohler...

September 04, 2013

Hey AP: Where is religious left on religious liberty issues?

A long, long time ago, 1998 to be precise, I wrote a column marking the...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

The Boston Globe shows how to write about church planters

Earlier this month I called a story about a church planter in Brooklyn the worst...

August 21, 2013

Interesting Rowan Williams apology: And important, too

Let us return, for a moment, to that interesting quote the other day from the...

August 19, 2013

Missing half of America’s changing ecumenical landscape

A long, long, long time ago I covered a press conference featuring leaders of the...

August 14, 2013

Hey Mr. DJ, put some praise music on

As a famous religious figure once said, “Ask and you shall receive.” Sometimes even we...

August 10, 2013

Tim Tebow meets the fans in liberal New England

Man, that Tim Tebow is way more popular than he should be, in light of...

August 06, 2013

Yay! Dallas paper examines heart and soul

It's becoming clear that The Dallas Morning News has no regard for the F-word. Faith,...

August 02, 2013

The worst religion story of the year

While struggling to find words to adequately describe the worst religion article of the year,...

July 2013

July 30, 2013

Results vary as media follow Rick Warren’s return

Over the weekend, Rick Warren returned to the pulpit for the first time since his...

July 30, 2013

Concerning theological Swiss Army knives (think chaplains)

In the world of church-state studies, few puzzles are as tough to crack as those...

July 27, 2013

NYT front page discovers the most popular Bible app

Hey, guess what? If you want to read the Bible online, there's an app for...

July 24, 2013

Did mainline churches lead or follow the culture?

I love it when a good religion story gets people chatting. The New York Times...