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April 2014

April 25, 2014

AP sticks it to Mississippi religious freedom law

Earlier this month, I wrote a post titled "Via AP, a tasty piece on a same-sex...

April 25, 2014

Al Jazeera offers its own take (literally) on SBC sex summit

A week or so ago I mentioned, in a meeting that included both traditional and...

April 24, 2014

More on politics, sin and Louisiana’s kissing congressman

For anyone unfamiliar with Rep. Vance McAllister, he's a Louisiana congressman who ran on a...

April 23, 2014

WPost team looks at politics in 2014, sees zero folks in pews

It's time to set the wayback (actually, it's WABAC) machine for the year 2003, when...

April 23, 2014

Some compelling religion stories from Easter front pages

Fittingly, stories of rebirth and renewal made their way to many newspaper front pages on...

April 23, 2014

Easter season, check … Chip away at basic beliefs, check

You know all of those news articles you see published every year at Ramadan that...

April 22, 2014

Weed in Denver, but Easter news on other front pages

If you live in the Mile High City (no pun intended), you woke up Sunday...

April 21, 2014

Nice but, at times, confusing news on Virginia Anglican wars

Inspiring, uplifting stories have been hard to find in recent decades in the world of...

April 20, 2014

Glorious Pascha! The Baltimore Sun gets the key parts right

I keep saying this year after year, but it's true. One of the greatest challenges...

April 19, 2014

Shocking news! T.D. Jakes doubts something!

"Replate 1A." That was a favorite dry reaction at my old newspaper whenever someone announced...

April 18, 2014

What would Jesus tip? Be sure to ask … secular ethicists!?

.@TipsForJesus still leaves $$$, so for #Easter, we asked ethicists - is it moral?

April 17, 2014

Two forgiveness stories that are worth your time

Forgiveness has been making a lot of headlines lately, at least it seems to me....

April 17, 2014

Ahhh … a balanced article on religion … thanks, David

After carving apart so many journalism-challenged articles, it's nice to be able to throw laurels...

April 16, 2014

Vox.com offers a few basic facts about Boko Haram tactics

Twice in the past month or so, I have been pretty rough on the editors...

April 16, 2014

Is this Bible legislation legal? Quick, call and ask my pastor!

No fooling, the following lede comes not from the satire publication The Onion but from...

April 15, 2014

Politics, sin and serious reporting in La. bayou country

As I've shared before, I spent a few years of my early childhood in West...

April 15, 2014

That ‘mysterious’ NYTimes stance on Boko Haram

Here we go again. There has been another horrific act of violence in Nigeria with...

April 13, 2014

Pod people: So what could reporters cover during Lent?

Long, long ago, back at the beginning of Lent, I put up a post that...

April 12, 2014

WPost: Confessions of a (liberal) Christian film critic

The following observations have little to do with the normal work that we do here...

April 11, 2014

Sister Jane drama: Observer still trying to catch up on news

The Charlotte Observer tried to play catch-up this week on the Sister Jane controversy. But...

April 11, 2014

So who is Stephen Colbert really? Maybe ask a priest?

The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,Video Archive A decade ago, when...

April 11, 2014

Salt Lake Tribune loses its Faith, but not its @religiongal

Via Twitter, this sad news — but not as sad as it could have been...

April 10, 2014

Dear Sun editors: Do you favor a state-endorsed faith or not?

Anyone who has been paying attention to American public life in recent decades knows that...

April 10, 2014

Via AP, a tasty piece on a same-sex wedding cake

Sometimes, the best journalism relies on a really simple recipe. That's the case with a...

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...

April 09, 2014

Bob Coy’s fall: Kinder, gentler media treatment, for now

Some of the most compelling Bible stories are those with flawed characters like David and...

April 09, 2014

Washington mudslide disaster: the heart of the matter

More than two weeks after the horrendous mudslide in Oso, Wash., news coverage is taking...

April 08, 2014

Ghosts in story on Catholic schools: real or imagined?

I’m intrigued. That’s my reaction after reading a front-page New York Times story this week...

April 07, 2014

Did Pope Francis have to go to confession?

RACHAEL ASKS: Who does the pope go to if he has to go to confession...

April 05, 2014

Final Four ghosts in long story on Kentucky’s Julius Randle

While in Arlington, Texas, on Monday for my beloved Rangers' season opener at the newly...