More than three months ago, 10 Baptist mission workers from Idaho made major headlines when they tried to take 33 children from earthquake-devastated Haiti.
Rest of the Idaho Baptists story?
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Sexual sin vs. "misplaced" words
Earlier this week we saw two sad stories involving political figures. It turned out that the Democratic nominee to be the next Connecticut Senator, Richard Blumenthal, had lied (or “misplaced” his words, as he put it) about whether he’d served in Vietnam. And a Republican Congressman from Indiana, Rep. Mark Souder, resigned upon revelation of an affair he’d had with a staffer.
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Of jihads, lies and Calvin
In my time as religion editor of The Oklahoman, a pastor of a large Baptist church wrote a book condemning Islam. After I reported on the book, I got a tip that the pastor had plagiarized large sections of the text and faked endorsements from syndicated columnist Cal Thomas and evangelist Franklin Graham. My investigation confirmed that the pastor — who claimed to be a leading expert on Islam — really was not.
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Making every word count
Here at GetReligion, we write about reporters and their journalism. But you wouldn’t have stories without story subjects. And I always find it interesting when subjects discuss what it was like to be written about in an article.
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Little bitty flock of 1.6 million: The sequel
The other day, I made a big deal (in a negative way) out of how a single sentence in a Florida newspaper story described Churches of Christ, the fellowship to which I belong. If you missed that post, please go back and read it. Otherwise, this sequel won’t make sense (maybe it still won’t, but familiarity with the previous discourse might help improve the odds).
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Ghosts in immigration coverage?
Did you read the story last week about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urging Catholic leaders to instruct their parishioners to support immigration reforms?
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Doctrine, politics and same-sex attraction
Gay issues are some of the most difficult to write about. People have such strongly held feelings about sexual orientation and behavior. Emotions tend to run roughshod over reasonable discussion.
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Where have all the Protestants gone?
Back when Chief Justice William Rehnquist died, I went on record saying he should be replaced by another Lutheran. I was joking but it looks like I was onto something. Sarah has covered the stories leading up to this moment, so it’s no surprise to GetReligion readers, but the Supreme Court is sans Protestants.
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God and the 'Granny pod' debate
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