The Wall Street Journal had a fascinating feature from Afghanistan last September headlined “A Chaplain and an Atheist Go to War.” The top of the story:
What faith? It's all about family
Hopefully, after more than a year of writing for GetReligion, I have won the respect of you, kind reader.
Could church make you fat?
D-I-V-O-R-C-E in the boonies
In the early 2000s, in my time as religion editor of The Oklahoman, Oklahoma’s then-Gov. Frank Keating always made for an interesting interview.
To toast or not to toast during Lent?
There’s an old joke that Jews don’t recognize Jesus as the Messiah, Protestants don’t recognize the pope as the leader of the Christian faith and Baptists don’t recognize each other at the liquor store.
More than a sex covenant?
The Los Angeles Times has joined the chorus of news organizations reporting on the Crystal Cathedral’s controversial choir covenant.
Crystal Cathedral's controversial covenant
Question: How many named sources does it take to ignite a full-blown national controversy over a church choir?
Religion and tragedy in Japan
The September 2001 terrorist attacks. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Haiti earthquake just last year.
