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Today’s digest from the Religion News Service (sign up for this very helpful service, if you have not already done so) points readers toward a very important story in the wake of this year’s White House race. Come to think of it, this story has been highly relevant in every single national election year since, oh, 1973. Here is the short RNS blurb for this story:
Let’s drop the media criticism for a moment and have a bit of fun (about a topic that is actually pretty serious).
I was reflecting on the interesting election coverage we experienced over the last year(s) and how the religion angles were handled. After 2008, perhaps we can agree that religion angles were handled better in this cycle. Which is not saying much.
A reader sent along this story in the Washington Post headlined “Parents accept daughter’s rare illness as’âGod’s will’” with a note:
So while the rest of you are focused on Halloween, we Lutherans are busy celebrating Reformation Day. To be sure, some churches moved their celebrations to earlier in the month or last Sunday, but my congregation is keeping it real with services at 7:00 PM tonight.
When I saw this story come in (clicking on a URL from a reader), I immediately thought, “Here we go again.”
