By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle I drive a minivan, not a truck. I drink Diet Coke, not beer. I wear a baseball cap, not a cowboy hat. I don’t cheat on my wife, dance in the neon light or party all night with my rowdy friends. On my best days, I don’t intentionally do somebody wrong. But I do love country music, … Continue reading Modern-day parables: This is country music
From Rhode Island to Liberia, with love: Immigrant church in the U.S. has big dreams for bringing hope and healing to its war-torn homeland (reporting from Providence, R.I.). Page 1 lead. PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In the bustling core of Rhode Island’s capital, Liberian immigrants crowd into a simple white building with “Providence Church of Christ” painted in fading red letters above the front door. On … Continue reading From Rhode Island to Liberia, with love
Risking lives to save souls in Mexico. Published Nov. 2. God, gang graffiti and gunfire in L.A. Published Nov. 6. The ghost of Prince William County. Published Nov. 8. When Bible Belt atheists go to church. Published Nov. 10. A red state American in her natural habitat. Published Nov. 13. Ready, set, barf: an evangelical football feature. Published Nov. 15. Pod people: Red America and … Continue reading November 2012: GetReligion
The Trouble with TBN Amid a flurry of scandalous accusations, ministries again face the question of whether to abandon or reform the broadcaster. From Christianity Today November print issue. Amid the latest drama surrounding the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), should mainstream ministries seek reform or pull their programming? Brittany Koper, the granddaughter of TBN founders Paul and Jan Crouch and its chief financial officer until … Continue reading The trouble with TBN
By Bobby Ross Jr. Matt Curry, a former colleague of mine with The Associated Press in Dallas and now a Presbyterian pastor, tweeted last night: Sick of this election but will miss my former profession tomorrow — election night is BEST time to be in a newsroom. And there's pizza. — Matt Curry (@PresbyMatt) November 6, 2012 “What he said,” I immediately replied. For the … Continue reading Election night: Reflections of a career journalist
Faith, family and ducks: For these reality TV stars, ‘holding hands with Hollywood’ presents a challenge as they endeavor to share Jesus (reporting from West Monroe, La.). Currents. WEST MONROE, La. — Hollywood, meet the real Robertsons. A&E’s hit reality series “Duck Dynasty” has made celebrities out of Duck Commander Phil Robertson, his wife Kay and their bearded, camo-clad sons Willie, Jase and Jeptha, not to mention “Uncle Si,” Phil’s younger brother. … Continue reading Faith, family and ducks: Behind the scenes of ‘Duck Dynasty’
Separation of church and Lone Star State. Published Oct. 2. Church, Lone Star State and #RNA2012. Published Oct. 5. #RNA2012: ‘Energized’ to tell great religion stories. Published Oct. 9. #RNA2012: Godbeat’s ‘Susan Lucci’ takes second place. Published Oct. 10. #RNA2012: Outside a Mormon temple wedding. Published Oct. 12. #APStyleChat: Religion style in 140 characters or less. Published Oct. 17. Capital punishment, abortion and a Catholic … Continue reading October 2012: GetReligion
I’m going to Disney church!: A Florida ministry serves vacationing Christians with a Sunday assembly at an Orlando-area hotel (reporting from Kissimmee, Fla.). Second Front. KISSIMMEE, Fla. — At a hotel a mile west of Walt Disney World’s main gate on U.S. Highway 192, aspiring princesses and little boys with Mickey Mouse ears fill up on scrambled eggs and cereal on a Sunday morning. In a banquet … Continue reading I’m going to Disney church!
A grumble, a chuckle and a question mark. Published Sept. 4. Via CNN: cutout characters, conjecture and CAIR. Published Sept. 6. NPR ‘smear job’ on Catholic university? Published Sept. 12. At issue in Massachusetts: End of life. Published Sept. 14. Not all Tennesseans are Islamophobes!? Published Sept. 20. Big tragedy, big money in Big Apple. Published Sept. 27. Meanwhile, back at AP’s Sausage Factory. Published Sept. … Continue reading September 2012: GetReligion
