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June 2014

June 09, 2014

Ann B. Davis: True heroine of alternative families?

My recent GetReligion piece on the life and ministry of actress Ann B. Davis, a...

June 02, 2014

Memory eternal: The life and quiet ministry of ‘Ann B.’

One of the complicated subjects that religion-beat professionals talk about behind the scenes, if they...

April 2014

April 15, 2014

What he said! Yes, Hollywood wants more Christian $$$$

In this morning's email newsletter from the folks at Religion News Service, editor Kevin Eckstrom...

April 09, 2014

The final days march past: Was there any news in Lent 2014?

Let's face it folks. There is a very real possibility that this posts exists as...

February 2014

February 20, 2014

Pope Francis doesn’t always sound like Mr. Nice Guy

Dear reporters: You're full of you-know-what. Sincerely, Pope Francis Not quite the missal you'd expect...

February 19, 2014

It’s 5 o’clock somewhere: hymns and happy hour?

"Beer with Jesus" might have fallen off the country music charts, but the trend has...

December 2013

December 19, 2013

Pondering duck doctrines and our bubble-bound media elite

Let's see. Where should we begin on this oh-so-bizarre morning? What will it be, Pope...

October 2013

October 22, 2013

No chat about afterlife inside death cafés?

We've been doing death, so to speak, at my house the last few weeks —...

October 06, 2013

WSJ: Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah, come light the ‘Menurkey’

To purists, Hanukkah, sometimes rendered Chanukah, is the red-headed stepchild of Jewish holy days: it's not...

February 2013

February 14, 2013

Little Valentine’s Day sex for those (old) mainliners?

On one level, I cannot believe that the folks at Religion News Service thought to...

October 2012

October 15, 2012

Dear Brother Powers (a parody)

From the desk of Ayatollah Hassan Sanei Expediency Discernment Council, Tehran Mr. John Powers c

October 08, 2012

Get hexed? From our ‘no comment’ department

Let me be honest with you. I am not sure how to start this post....

August 2012

August 19, 2012

Mitt Romney, consumer of sinful ice cream

As all loyal GetReligion readers know, sometimes we see things make it into news print...