Category: Religion Unplugged

Religion Unplugged

😷 COVID miracle: At the pandemic’s five-year anniversary, it’s time to tell the story 🔌

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 ATOKA, Okla. — To Tod Dillard, COVID-19 was no big deal. Until it nearly killed him. The Air Force veteran and longtime law enforcement officer spent 115 days … Continue reading 😷 COVID miracle: At the pandemic’s five-year anniversary, it’s time to tell the story 🔌

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Religion Unplugged

🔥 Faith, hope and LA: The positive side of reporting on way too many disasters 🔌

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 ALTADENA, Calif. — I witness a whole lot of despair. I always look for a little bit of hope. As a journalist, I’ve covered way too much disaster and … Continue reading 🔥 Faith, hope and LA: The positive side of reporting on way too many disasters 🔌

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Religion Unplugged

🏈 ‘Like a religion’: Why Super Bowl Sunday means so much to the football faithful 🔌

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 Easter. Christmas. Super Bowl Sunday. These are all sacred holidays, right?  Even before Taylor Swift got involved. Strictly speaking, this weekend’s big game qualifies as a secular … Continue reading 🏈 ‘Like a religion’: Why Super Bowl Sunday means so much to the football faithful 🔌

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Religion Unplugged

🤣 A preacher and a stand-up comedian walk into a Christian youth conference … 🔌

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 FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Hoss Ridgeway flashed a mischievous smile as he stepped onstage at a Christian youth conference. An urgent tone to his voice, the 6-foot-4 speaker … Continue reading 🤣 A preacher and a stand-up comedian walk into a Christian youth conference … 🔌

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Religion Unplugged

🇺🇸 God and Trump: 5 revealing quotes from inaugural week 🔌

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 God figured prominently — and personally — in President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address. In fact, Trump mentioned God four times in Monday’s speech — just as he … Continue reading 🇺🇸 God and Trump: 5 revealing quotes from inaugural week 🔌

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Religion Unplugged

🐶 Doggone it, but a few readers bark over idea of pets in heaven 🔌

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 Who let the dogs out? Come to think of it, I guess I did. I asked in a recent column — inspired by the adorableness of my … Continue reading 🐶 Doggone it, but a few readers bark over idea of pets in heaven 🔌

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Religion Unplugged

🇺🇸 ‘Good and faithful servant’: 7 religion takeaways from Jimmy Carter’s funeral 🔌

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 When Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as America’s 39th president in January 1977, Amy Carter, his only daughter, was a 9-year-old elementary school student. So, coincidentally, was I. As a third … Continue reading 🇺🇸 ‘Good and faithful servant’: 7 religion takeaways from Jimmy Carter’s funeral 🔌

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Top 24 of 2024: Bobby Ross Jr.’s best stories of the year

By Bobby Ross Jr. OKLAHOMA CITY — I love what I do. I get paid to travel and tell newsworthy stories. 2024 marked my 35th year in full-time journalism, and I thank God for allowing me to live my dream. A major career highlight: In April, I was honored to receive the Religion News Association’s Supple Award for Feature Writing at its 75th anniversary convention in … Continue reading Top 24 of 2024: Bobby Ross Jr.’s best stories of the year

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Religion Unplugged

🏆 Weekend Plug-in year in review: The best religion journalism of 2024 🔌

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 Welcome to a special year-end edition of Weekend Plug-in! I asked some of the nation’s top religion journalists to share their … Continue reading 🏆 Weekend Plug-in year in review: The best religion journalism of 2024 🔌

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