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February 2008

February 13, 2008

Thou shalt not say ‘adultery’

Journalist Pamela Druckerman didn't think it would be hard to discuss sex issues with Alain...

February 06, 2008

Word according to Bill Clinton

As Bill Clinton tells the story, it wasn't your typical Baptist prayer breakfast.The guest of...

January 2008

January 30, 2008

Soaring candidates in ’08

If Mike Huckabee has said it once, he has said it a thousand times during...

January 23, 2008

‘Juno’ and pro-life Hollywood

Every year or so, a Cinderella movie leaps into the ultimate Hollywood A-list -- the...

January 16, 2008

God words vs. actions

When it comes to religion, modern Americans think religious beliefs are good, but they tend...

January 09, 2008

Invading Anglican closets

The historic Trinity Episcopal Church offers clear online guidance to those seeking a Blessing of...

January 02, 2008

God and the NFL giants (again)

One of the big questions during last year's National Football League playoffs was whether Tony...

December 2007

December 26, 2007

Religion ’07: Huck’s Christmas story

It was a simple commercial, with Mike Huckabee posed in front of a set of...

December 19, 2007

The exaltation of Mitt Romney

Few religious leaders on earth have as much power and authority as the "prophet, seer...

December 12, 2007

The 30-something days of Xmas

There was a time when Christians did not celebrate a season that could be called...

December 05, 2007

FM radio reality in church

The clock is ticking and soon Jeff Crandall while face the challenge of selecting the...

November 2007

November 28, 2007

Hitting the 500-year wall

Every half a millennium or so, waves of change rock Christianity until they cause the...

November 21, 2007

Giving and thanksgiving

It was the kind of cryptic theological statement that is often found stuck on automobile...

November 14, 2007

Pullman vs. the Magisterium

Those values viewers in the heartland are at it again, clicking "forward" on yet another...

November 07, 2007

Westboro Baptist hates America

The Rev. Billy Graham is a Baptist and so is Bill Clinton.The Rev. Rick "Purpose...

October 2007

October 31, 2007

‘God-o-Meter’ Democrats

It wasn't easy being the token evangelical in the Howard Dean office during the 2004...

October 24, 2007

Young, cosmopolitan evangelicals

WASHINGTON -- Jim Wallis and Richard Land were preaching to the same flock, but their...

October 17, 2007

VeggieMovies, take two

NASHVILLE -- The idea for the movie began with a vision of three fake pirates...

October 10, 2007

Does marriage have a future?

The slogan on the white t-shirts for kids is short and bittersweet.The simple blue letters...

October 03, 2007

God and Al-Jazeera

Siti Fatimah was born a Muslim, but tried to change her name to Revathi Masoosai...

September 2007

September 26, 2007

Calls for Anglican candor

The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East is rich in symbolism, but not...

September 19, 2007

Food and the basic faith groups

It's Yom Kippur. Will your Jewish grandmother serve shrimp-and-bacon hordeurves when the family breaks the...

September 12, 2007

Tesser well, Madeleine L’Engle

Madeleine L'Engle found it amusing that her critics kept missing the obvious in her fiction.Consider...

September 05, 2007

Presbyterian alphabet soup, again

To follow Presbyterian news updates, outsiders need to learn a few key facts.The Presbyterian Church...

August 2007

August 29, 2007

Religion futures market 2007

When it comes to statistics about religion, Europe is an urbane continent full of empty...

August 22, 2007

The ultimate movie stigma

As a rule, movie producers do not enjoy seeing America's most influential newspaper crucify their...

August 15, 2007

Faith in St. Arbucks

As he drives to church, the Rev. Greg Asimakoupoulos always notices the Sunday crowd gathered...

August 08, 2007

Final Harry Potter wars? Part II

Coming soon to a parish near you: Sunday school with Harry Potter.This could happen if...

August 01, 2007

Final Harry Potter wars? Part I

Harry Potter and his best friend Hermione Granger arrived in the magical town of Godric's...

July 2007

July 25, 2007

Grilling the youth pastor

It's the question that preachers, teachers and parents dread, especially if they were shaped by...