The big news here in Washington, D.C., (other than the mysteries of the U.S. Supreme Court) is that (a) the knee of quarterback Robert Griffin III is strained, not broken, and (b) that The Washington Post team survived another weekend covering a superstar who keeps talking about the fact that he apparently believes in a God who hears prayers and plays some meaningful role in the lives of real people.
Should churches, left or right, serve as polling places?
Anyone who knows anything about the at times dangerous dance between politics and religion in modern America knows that:
West Point cadet quits, citing religion
I’ve long been fascinated by stories about religious practice at the service academies. My brother attended the Air Force Academy in the 1990s and the religious pressure there was quite strong. His commanders didn’t quite accept that the generic Protestant service at the beautiful chapel there wouldn’t quite work for him (Missouri-Synod Lutherans don’t worship in a unionistic manner). They were suspicious as to why he needed to go off base for Divine Service, etc.
For some reason, someone forgave someone else
Gov't RFID tracking: Creepy or mark of the beast?
When I first heard rumblings about school districts in Texas using locator chips to track students, I assumed it wasn’t true.
Too little news, too much analysis?
A flurry of e-mailed links to religion news stories flies back and forth each day among your friendly neighborhood GetReligionistas.
Going off-script: Angus Jones zaps 'Two and a Half Men'
First things first. I sincerely hope that you’ve never had the displeasure of watching the abominable show “Two and a Half Men.”
Times team laughs at all those bitter Texans
Since I grew up in a solidly Baylor family, I have always understood why the university’s seal contains the following crucial words in Latin: Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana.
On women bishops: Who voted 'no' and why?
To the shock of legions of mainstream reporters, the Church of England fell just short of approving the long-debated step of raising women to the Anglican episcopate.
