Ohio church’s message: Families matter to God
Ohio church’s message: Families matter to God (reporting from Cincinnati). Page 1. CINCINNATI – Look around you Sunday morning. Is there a mom drowning in a sea of credit-card debt? A dad who can’t seem to quit clicking Internet porn? A teen dealing with a hangover or worried about a potential pregnancy? In the 21st century, the Christian family finds itself under constant siege: Sexual images. … Continue reading Ohio church’s message: Families matter to God
Challenging individualism
Challenging Individualism N.C. proposal raises age-old questions of Baptist identity. November issue. Continue reading Challenging individualism
November 2010: GetReligion
Don’t ask, don’t tell, deja vu. Published Nov. 2. The religion-free election of 2010. Published Nov. 3. ‘Faith-filled’ Carter has his say. Published Nov. 4. Pod people: Faith & gay suicides. Published Nov. 5. An Okie asks: Is RNS the new CAIR? Published Nov. 8. Got News? Is Marco Rubio really a Catholic? Published Nov. 10. Little ado about something big? Published Nov. 13. … Continue reading November 2010: GetReligion
The Rookie, Part 2: Jim Morris’ life takes more extraordinary turns
THE ROOKIE, PART 2: After the movie about his life, Jim Morris’ journey takes more extraordinary turns (reporting from Abilene, Texas). Page 1. First Place, Interview, Associated Church Press By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle ABILENE, Texas — Go play catch with Jim Morris. The Jim Morris, that is. The one whose real-life story Dennis Quaid portrayed in the 2002 Disney feature film “The Rookie.” … Continue reading The Rookie, Part 2: Jim Morris’ life takes more extraordinary turns
October 2010: GetReligion
Faith of (all) the Steelers. Published Oct. 1. Baseball demons, angels and Jesus. Published Oct. 6. ESPN’s Dusty Baker faith no-no. Published Oct. 7. Attacking gays or stating doctrines? Published Oct. 11. ‘God and the Devil’ in Chile. Published Oct. 13. Do all readers speak Arabic? Published Oct. 15. Ghost of Anita Hill’s voicemail. Published Oct. 20. Conjecture, caveats and gay Mormons. Published Oct. 26. … Continue reading October 2010: GetReligion
For one Navajo, a long journey home
For one Navajo, a long journey home (reporting from Gallup, N.M.). Currents. GALLUP, N.M. — It’s past 9 p.m. on a Sunday when Norman Chee Atchison, a housefather at Manuelito Navajo Children’s Home, goes to tuck in 3-year-old Monica. When Atchison and his wife, Cathy, step into Monica’s room, they find her and two older girls on the floor playing. “Girls! You’re supposed to be showered … Continue reading For one Navajo, a long journey home
September 2010: GetReligion
Strippers in the pews — er, news. Published Sept. 1. Life and death of Mike/Christine. Published Sept. 3. How not to cover a protest. Published Sept. 7. Muslim victims of 9/11. Published Sept. 10. Could it be Satan? How con-VEEN-ient. Published Sept. 13. Dancing with the dead in Madagascar. Published Sept. 16. Really, really, really strong apology. Published Sept. 19. O’Donnell gets God, and many … Continue reading September 2010: GetReligion
Singing, sweating and saving souls in West Virginia
Singing, sweating and saving souls in West Virginia (reporting from Parkersburg, W.Va.). Page 1 lead. PARKERSBURG, W.VA. – The heat was on. That’s what happens when you take 90-degree temperatures, on-fire-for-the-Lord church members and a 1950s-era high school field house with no air-conditioning — and put them all together. Hundreds of hand fans fluttered, volunteers passed out ice-cold bottled water and sweat-drenched Christians wiped their foreheads … Continue reading Singing, sweating and saving souls in West Virginia
August 2010: GetReligion
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Published Aug. 2. When sex offenders go to church. Published Aug. 3. Hostility toward evangelicals? What hostility? Published Aug. 5. New byte of Apple faith. Published Aug. 6. Saints, sinners … and strippers. Published Aug. 10. Hands and feet of Jesus? Published Aug. 13. The couple that pastors together. Published Aug. 16. Hindu-esque Orthodox Christian commuters? Published … Continue reading August 2010: GetReligion
Faith. Family. Fastballs. 