Category: Religion Unplugged

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🇫🇷 Love in many languages: Diverse Christians connect in Mediterranean melting pot 🔌

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 MARSEILLE, France — God and Google can bring people together in any language. Melanie van der Vorst, a social worker from the Netherlands, speaks Dutch, English and … Continue reading 🇫🇷 Love in many languages: Diverse Christians connect in Mediterranean melting pot 🔌

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🎃 Inside the Halloween tailgating trend gaining popularity at houses of worship 🔌

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 — Jesus loves the little children — all the princesses, Peppa Pigs and “Paw Patrol” characters of the world. Is it just me, or do … Continue reading 🎃 Inside the Halloween tailgating trend gaining popularity at houses of worship 🔌

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⚠️ Warning: Baptisms, funerals and giant fish can be hazardous to preachers’ health 🔌

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 EDMOND, Okla. — A glitch washing away a tall man’s sins.  A mishap at a military veteran’s graveside service.  An accident inside the huge fish — an inflatable … Continue reading ⚠️ Warning: Baptisms, funerals and giant fish can be hazardous to preachers’ health 🔌

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🚜 Off the beaten path: It’s where to find some of the best faith stories 🔌

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 MIDVALE, Idaho — My reporting journeys have taken me to most of America’s major cities. New York. Chicago. Los Angeles. Houston. Washington. I love covering the news … Continue reading 🚜 Off the beaten path: It’s where to find some of the best faith stories 🔌

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🎬 ‘The Chosen’ films the Crucifixion: How it’ll be different from Mel Gibson’s ‘Passion’ 🔌

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 — More than two decades ago, I covered the opening of Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” movie for The Associated Press. I wrote … Continue reading 🎬 ‘The Chosen’ films the Crucifixion: How it’ll be different from Mel Gibson’s ‘Passion’ 🔌

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✝️ Forgiving Charlie Kirk’s killer: Grieving widow, Trump offer differing theologies 🔌

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 PARIS — “I forgive him.” Erika Kirk’s emotional words Sunday concerning her 31-year-old husband’s assassin reached all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. I heard them in … Continue reading ✝️ Forgiving Charlie Kirk’s killer: Grieving widow, Trump offer differing theologies 🔌

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⚾️ Home runs are nice, but these MLB players pursue a higher calling 🔌

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 ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers boast an estimated $243 million annual payroll.  The MLB team — presumed dead in the pennant race two weeks ago but suddenly … Continue reading ⚾️ Home runs are nice, but these MLB players pursue a higher calling 🔌

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🇺🇦 As war drags on, Ukrainian-born Christian keeps serving refugees in Alaska 🔌

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 ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The war in Ukraine was just a few months old when I first met Zori Opanasevych in April 2022. I connected with the mother of … Continue reading 🇺🇦 As war drags on, Ukrainian-born Christian keeps serving refugees in Alaska 🔌

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🛢️ Detour to a culture war: Chicken, dumplings and food for thought at Cracker Barrel 🔌

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 NAMPA, Idaho — I exited off Interstate 84 and straight into the nation’s latest culture war. Unintentionally, I should stress. A reporting trip brought me to the Pacific … Continue reading 🛢️ Detour to a culture war: Chicken, dumplings and food for thought at Cracker Barrel 🔌

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