Evangelicals

Crystal Cathedral as church vs. building

The future of the Crystal Cathedral’s glass building has been in limbo in recent months, but the board of directors said today that it prefers the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange County as its buyer.


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Evangelicals lost in translation

I could hardly believe the news last week when I read that Wilson Ramos, the Washington Nationals catcher, had been kidnapped in his native Venezuela. It just seemed like something out of a movie rather than real life. And reading this great play-by-play of his abduction and rescue makes you realize it could be a movie.


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Harold Bloom, Mormons and spleen-venting

Harold Bloom, America’s Greatest Living Literary Scholar™, wrote an essay for the New York Times over the weekend titled “Will This Election Be the Mormon Breakthrough?” The title doesn’t seem terribly ominous, Bloom has famously written a book on American religion, and he’s known for having a fascination with Mormons. What could go wrong?


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Faith (or lack thereof) in Tim Tebow

The president of a media company recently told me that he goes to ESPN every day to unwind. Not this week, of course, with all the Joe Paterno coverage. Many fans like sports to be kept pure, to focus on the game of stats without the stickiness or drama.


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The particulars of personhood

I kept meaning to read up on Mississippi’s “personhood” initiative before voters voted on it. We’d had readers mention some problems with the coverage, namely that stories were burying the fact that pro-life groups were divided on whether to vote for it. Now, maybe you’ve followed the “personhood” debate. Maybe you haven’t. But try to read this Associated Press story tabula rasa-style. Imagine you know nothing, or very little, about the debate and see what you can glean from this story.


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