Ever since I saw the first pictures of the horrible bombing in Oslo, I’ve been glued to Twitter trying to make sense of everything.
The Atlantic has this terrorist all figured out
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Shameless self-promotion: Bachmann and the pope
On this week’s Crossroads, host Todd Wilken and I talked about nothing other than the media coverage of Rep. Michele Bachmann’s former church body. Ever since the first piece on Bachmann’s former Lutheran affiliation came out last week, I’ve been asked to speak and write about it for various media outlets. (I’m Lutheran.) My favorite radio interview included the host kindly suggesting that Lutherans didn’t really believe anything negative about the Papacy and me responding, “No! We totally do!”
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'Conservative' Vatican 'hardliner' or 'Evangelical' Catholic?
I’m not Catholic, but I am from Colorado. I have to admit I was surprised to learn that Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput had been named the new archbishop of Philadelphia. Tmatt had a great overview of the stories in the Catholic press. And he revisited the dustup between Chaput and the New York Times. I thoroughly enjoyed John Allen’s piece in the National Catholic Reporter so I will reiterate Terry’s suggestion that you read it.
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How not to report on religion
A GetReligion reader submitted an interesting link to “Fox & Friendsâ co-host Ainsley Earhardt making a statement that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is “obviously” not a Christian.
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The soccer pro and the seminary
It was almost exactly three years ago that we first looked at a story about a young soccer pro named Chase Hilgenbrinck and his decision to leave the sport for seminary. Hilgenbrinck’s story resonated with readers and viewers and we ended up looking at a few different takes on it.
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More breaking news from 1537!
Yesterday morning in Bible class, my pastor actually made us read Joshua Green’s piece on Michele Bachmann’s former church body and the shocking revelation that the Lutheran church body is … Lutheran. We read every word and folks young and old were snickering at some of the more egregious errors and incendiary language.
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Sacred collanders and religious freedom
Many of my libertarian friends are part of the Pastafarian movement. And they really think it’s funny. And I have to admit that I’ve never quite gotten its appeal. It all sprang from some Oregonian dude’s attempt to mock intelligent design and became a huge worldwide sensation among atheists. The Flying Spaghetti Monster Church has a made-up deity and holy days and religious gear and silly formal beliefs and all that — all to show the stupidity of religious belief. Get it?
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Is Bachmann the media's anti-Christ?
Yesterday, California became the first state to require “gay history” in public school textbooks. But I’m thinking states might want to consider just focusing on basic history. Yesterday’s news cycle was full of stories showing some pretty striking ignorance of the events of the 16th century.
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Are you now or have you ever been a Lutheran?
I’ve frequently discussed my dislike of religiously ignorant reporters playing theological “gotcha” with political candidates. Sometimes I will be sitting in church and listening to a sermon and just imagining how completely and thoroughly a reporter might miss the point, the context, the tradition, the nuance, the proper distinction of the Law and the Gospel, etc.
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