Category: Religion Unplugged

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Religion Unplugged

📖 Preacher, educator, coach: Five life lessons from a hoops legend 🔌

Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Click to join nearly 10,000 subscribers who get this column delivered straight to their inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged ANN ARBOR, Mich. — My amazing friend Garth Pleasant texted me a few months ago. “Bobby, I can get tickets for the Oklahoma game,” he informed me. … Continue reading 📖 Preacher, educator, coach: Five life lessons from a hoops legend 🔌

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Religion Unplugged

🗽 25 years after 9/11, we remember the darkness and the light 🔌

Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Click to join nearly 10,000 subscribers who get this column delivered straight to their inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged Clemente Lisi was a 26-year-old general assignment reporter for the New York Post on Sept. 11, 2001.  “Every day you’d get up, and you didn’t know what … Continue reading 🗽 25 years after 9/11, we remember the darkness and the light 🔌

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Religion Unplugged

⚠️ Christianity’s dirty little secret — and how these believers overcame it 🔌

Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Click to join nearly 10,000 subscribers who get this column delivered straight to their inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged Christianity and pornography don’t mix. Except that they often do — whether believers and church leaders want to talk about it or not. Over half of practicing … Continue reading ⚠️ Christianity’s dirty little secret — and how these believers overcame it 🔌

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Religion Unplugged

❤️ We will always love her: How Dolly Parton lived out her personal faith 🔌

Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Click to join nearly 10,000 subscribers who get this column delivered straight to their inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged Like Jesus urged his followers to do, Dolly Parton loved her neighbors. But what about loving her enemies, another biblical commandment? I’m guessing the entertainment icon, whose … Continue reading ❤️ We will always love her: How Dolly Parton lived out her personal faith 🔌

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Religion Unplugged

⚾️ Chicago White Sox give away 40,000 pope hats: 5 things to know 🔌

Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Click to join nearly 10,000 subscribers who get this column delivered straight to their inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged “Best day at work ever.” That’s how my friend Bob Smietana responded when I asked if he enjoyed covering “Pope Night” at the Chicago White Sox game … Continue reading ⚾️ Chicago White Sox give away 40,000 pope hats: 5 things to know 🔌

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Christian Chronicle, Religion Unplugged

Bobby Ross Jr. honored as 2026 Diamond Journalist of the Year finalist

The regional award celebrates outstanding journalism in Arkansas and six neighboring states. By Bobby Ross Jr. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — I was honored Saturday night as a finalist for the 2026 Diamond Journalist of the Year award from the Arkansas professional chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. I previously won this award in 2025 and was a finalist in 2024. The regional Diamond Journalism Awards … Continue reading Bobby Ross Jr. honored as 2026 Diamond Journalist of the Year finalist

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Religion Unplugged

⛰️ 75-year-old program blends ‘mountains and ministry, rivers and reverence’ 🔌

Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Click to join nearly 10,000 subscribers who get this column delivered straight to their inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged Kelsey Lundgaard’s love for America’s national parks — and for God — developed at an early age. Every summer, she and her family traveled to places such as Grand … Continue reading ⛰️ 75-year-old program blends ‘mountains and ministry, rivers and reverence’ 🔌

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Religion Unplugged

🏥 My friend’s cancer battle: ‘This is going to be one really cool obituary’ 🔌

Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Click to join nearly 10,000 subscribers who get this column delivered straight to their inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged OKLAHOMA CITY — It’s a call you never want to receive. “I’ve got cancer,” your loved one says. Not only that, but it’s pancreatic cancer — often a … Continue reading 🏥 My friend’s cancer battle: ‘This is going to be one really cool obituary’ 🔌

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Religion Unplugged

🇺🇸 America at 250: 1976 Bicentennial mixed faith and fireworks 🔌

Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Click to join nearly 10,000 subscribers who get this column delivered straight to their inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged PHILADELPHIA — My 7-year-old grandson, Bennett, donned a red, white and blue top hat like Uncle Sam. He grinned as he posed for a picture with his father, … Continue reading 🇺🇸 America at 250: 1976 Bicentennial mixed faith and fireworks 🔌

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