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January 2013

January 11, 2013

Affirm homosexuality now … or else

Washington Post Book World fiction editor Ron Charles tweeted out this morning: Changing times: Gay...

January 10, 2013

Is a blasphemous drag show really ‘anti-Catholic’?

Just yesterday Bobby pointed out a practice of double attribution, asking whether it goes beyond...

January 09, 2013

Who’s this guy giving Obama’s benediction?

Two days ago, I wrote a post in which I suggested that the ginormous Passion...

January 08, 2013

Can forgiveness play a role in criminal justice?

That's the provocative headline that accompanies a story I've been pondering ever since Amy Welborn...

January 07, 2013

Got news? The hidden mystery of 60K Christians

Of all the interesting things to consider as a media critic, the most important is...

January 03, 2013

Excellent video journalism, or, seeing crucifixes on walls

A journalist I greatly admire shared this video, mentioning it was from the New York...

January 02, 2013

Washington Post finds ghost in Russian adoption ban

Now that my husband and I hope to bring more children into our family through...

January 01, 2013

Do Nativity scenes owe more to artists than historians?

I am blessed to be a member of an absolutely wonderful congregation. It's a healthy...

December 2012

December 30, 2012

Remembrance and mourning in Newtown

I imagine I'm not alone in still struggling with the Newtown massacre. Even after witnessing...

December 28, 2012

Everything you know about Christmas is wrong

George just posted about an old story being rehashed for Christmas, which reminded me that...

December 23, 2012

Galileo meets the Mayan apocalypse

Far and away my favorite headline of Friday was the one that ran in the...

December 20, 2012

The nones on the bus

This week the Pew folks came out with a large Global Religious Landscape report. It's...

December 19, 2012

Christians are numerous. What’s their problem?

Yesterday, Pew came out with a new "Global Religious Landscape" report. Much of the media...

December 18, 2012

Who? What? When? Where? Hunh?

I am confident I found the weirdest religion news story of the month. The This...

December 17, 2012

Telling Newtown’s story sensitively

I hope you can see the picture here. If you can't, please click here for...

December 16, 2012

Not all ‘nones’ are atheists

In England and Wales, there were 37.3 million Christians in 2001, representing 72 percent of...

December 14, 2012

Got news? Judge ‘mocks’ Obama’s religious-liberty move

The most control the media have in the news process is determining what stories get...

December 13, 2012

The Pope joins Twitter #HabemusPapam

Even though the Pope joining Twitter has been news for weeks, I was still surprised...

December 12, 2012

Islamist crimes against humanity in Mali

The Washington Post has a tough, but very important, read on the deteriorating situation in...

December 11, 2012

Savita’s tragic death and media ethics

The tragic death of Savita Halappananvar continues to produce headlines, particularly in Europe and India....

December 10, 2012

Should Fox News be telling you to lie and steal?

I realize I'm the fuddy duddy around here who is always telling kids to get...

December 09, 2012

Pod people: Same-sex marriage on the march

On this week's "Crossroads" podcast, host Todd Wilken and I discussed Dave Brubeck's sacred music...

December 07, 2012

West Point cadet quits, citing religion

I've long been fascinated by stories about religious practice at the service academies. My brother...

December 06, 2012

The soul in Dave Brubeck’s jazz

Jazz great Dave Brubeck died yesterday, a day before his 92nd birthday. Along with much...

December 05, 2012

Memory eternal: A giant of Orthodoxy has died

Let me state right up front that, as a member of an Antiochian Orthodox parish,...

December 05, 2012

Why is police victim’s religion such a secret?

A friend sent along a story to me about a religious row that ended in...

December 03, 2012

Pod people: Can the MSM find centrists in gay-rights wars?

As a journalist, there are few things that I find more interesting than listening to...

December 03, 2012

Unbridled yearning for same-sex marriage

One of the big stories last week was whether the Supreme Court would hear cases...

December 02, 2012

Washington Post’s ghostly top 50 list

It's that time of year when media outlets put out their best of the year...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

Hard-hitting questions for Egypt’s Morsi

The Associated Press brings us the latest from Cairo: Islamists approved a draft constitution for...