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July 2003

July 09, 2003

Church Shoppers ‘R’ Us

How many Southern Baptists does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: "One to...

July 02, 2003

Same-sex Anglican disunion

The couple holds hands before the altar as a priest guides them through their vows. "I...

June 2003

June 25, 2003

Plagiarism and the pulpit

One thing great preachers enjoy about traveling is that they can hear other people preach. But...

June 18, 2003

J.K. Rowling, Inkling?

Harry Potter froze in terror as the hellish Dementors rushed to suck out his godfather's soul....

June 11, 2003

Glad tidings for secularists

WASHINGTON -- Pollsters who pry into matters of faith know they have to phrase their...

June 04, 2003

The modern rites of courtship

The theory behind "speed dating" is simple, even if the logistics sound complex. At many...

May 2003

May 28, 2003

Father John, DC evangelist

WASHINGTON -- In a matter of days, Father C. John McCloskey III will quietly perform...

May 21, 2003

God-talk after The Matrix, part II

Predicting the future is dangerous, especially when a world-be prophet puts her thoughts in writing.But...

May 14, 2003

God-talk and The Matrix I

The words of the scripture are clear: everything changes when someone is born again."Before his...

May 07, 2003

Touched by an urban legend

Did you know NASA scientists proved that God really made the sun stand still just...

April 2003

April 30, 2003

God, man & the U.S. Senate

During one of his shifts wielding the U.S. Senate gavel, Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas...

April 23, 2003

Mission? Filling hole in Hollywood

Look up "mission" in a dictionary and it's clear why the word makes Hollywood nervous.A...

April 16, 2003

Arabs! Jews! Lighten up!

At the end of their shows, the unlikely duo of Rabbi Robert Alper and Muslim...

April 09, 2003

Irony abounds — Year 15

One of the great challenges of being a minister is finding something fresh and inspiring...

April 02, 2003

Anti-war is not enough

It's no surprise that Johann Christoph Arnold opposes the war in Iraq.The senior elder of...

March 2003

March 26, 2003

Cliffs notes for confession

It's time for the Catholic bishops to go to confession.It's time for all of the...

March 19, 2003

Faith, freedom, free pornography

Attention all families and friends preparing to send "care packages" to U.S. soldiers: Not all...

March 12, 2003

Postmodern Celtic Baptists

The first thing people do after entering the quiet sanctuary is pause at a table...

March 05, 2003

(Pro) Life after Scheidler

There was a time in the late 1980s when Georgette Forney didn't want to turn...

February 2003

February 26, 2003

A Hail Mary for Hollywood

In the Hollywood culture wars, Barbara Nicolosi is an army of one, a former nun...

February 19, 2003

Those Anglican Hitlers in Africa

An Episcopal bishop could not find a more natural place to preach than on National...

February 12, 2003

The Gospel According to the Gospel According to books

As author of "The Gospel According to The Simpsons," Mark Pinsky is well aware that...

February 05, 2003

Edgy Orthodoxy 4 Seekers

One of the Rev. Dwight Moody's favorite perks as dean of the Georgetown College chapel...

January 2003

January 29, 2003

Pulpits, pews and CEOs

Anybody who knows anything about religion knows that people in pulpits have a different view...

January 22, 2003

Years on the God Beat, part 2

The Korean businessman had answered all of Aly Colon's questions.Still, a good journalist often senses...

January 15, 2003

20 years on the God beat, part one

Lou Grant had a problem.Actually, the city editor on this classic TV comedy had two...

January 08, 2003

Bleeping Baptists pray for bleeping Ozzy

British tabloid veteran Dan Wooding knows a good headline when he hears one. Here a...

January 01, 2003

Layers of Catholic denial

Every day the headlines and cartoons seem to get worse.Every night stand-up comics crank out...

December 2002

December 25, 2002

For God’s sake, let’s tell the truth

Archbishop John Foley was speaking to an audience of Catholic communications officers and editors, so...

December 18, 2002

Merry tropical Christmas

At first light, the little ones would sneak out of bed to look for telltale...