Just so that title doesn’t confuse anyone, let me make clear that we’re talking about two different stories.
Pod people: Girl Scouts and gossip
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Thin Mints on thin ice?
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When gossip makes the front page
A woman accused of church gossip made the front page of The Commercial Appeal, Memphis’ metro daily. The story has generated quite a discussion in Elvis Presley’s hometown.
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Cult of the Seattle sex pastor?
From Christianity Today to The Tennessean, Seattle megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll has been making a ton of headlines lately. Most, but not all, concern a new book by Driscoll and his wife, Grace, titled “Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship, & Life Together.” (Just to be clear for those not paying real close attention, Driscoll is not the sex-on-the-roof pastor, although both were mentioned in the same ABC News report on Valentine’s Day.)
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To love and to cherish till WHEN?
My wife, Tamie, has battled illness for about a year and a half. She hasn’t felt much like going to the movies. But my other sweetheart â my 12-year-old daughter, Kendall â joined me on a pre-Valentine’s Day date to see “The Vow.”
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Not a pretty kind of truck stop
A story is not the same thing as a report. A report might give you all the facts you need to know (the five W’s and H). But a story tells a tale. A story has characters, details, insight. There’s a beginning, a middle, an end.
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The narrow Prop 8 decision
“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” â Mark Twain
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Josh Hamilton's Christian rehab
Baseball star Josh Hamilton’s ongoing battle with alcohol and drug addiction made headlines again this week when the Texas Rangers slugger acknowledged drinking at a Dallas bar.
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L.A. Times fails to draw religious blood
Did you hear the one about the atheist doctor asked to treat Jehovah’s Witnesses who don’t believe in blood transfusions?
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