Now you have to admit, in the midst of all the primary craziness, that this tale from the front lines is kind of fun.
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Super sweet fifteen
Where I grew up in California, Saturdays were for Quinceaneras (why won’t WordPress accept the letter n with a tilde?). If you drove by the Catholic church at the right time, you’d see what looked like a wedding party pouring out. The Associated Press’ Eric Gorski uses the hook of Quinceaneras to discuss how the Roman Catholic church in America is embracing its changing identity:
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Tebow talks about Jesus (silence)
While I am not trying to turn this into a sports blog, we are in the bowls and playoff session — a series of secular holy days — and the topics keep coming up. Thus, I spend a really interesting hour the other day on the telephone with Washington Post sportswriter Kathy Orton, who will, apparently, be writing an ongoing feature at the “On Faith” weblog called “Praying Fields.”
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Now we get it, now we don't
If you are a fan of ultra-low-budget sports movies that are made by Southern Baptist pastors with the help of a handful of pro techies, then you may remember the whole “Facing the Giants” story back in 2006.
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Gambling pastor finds media redemption
A couple of days ago, The Des Moines Register ran a very long piece — just under 2,500-words — on a pastor and his incredible ability to overcome challenges and seek and receive forgiveness for his sins. The sins in this case would be gambling. In particular, the pastor’s sin was gambling (and losing big) with church money. Needless to say, this pastor was fired from his job.
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Religion and modern matchmaking
I love finding religion stories in the sports pages and business pages of the newspaper. New York Times‘ reporter Douglas Quenqua had a great one this week about religious values and internet dating.
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Fiddling around on Christmas day
Every religious season has its standard stories, its old familiar new ideas. I have one or two others to share during the 12 days of Christmas.
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Into the mystic, the movie
If a producer wanted to make a movie of a day in the life of the Carmelite nuns, he or she could do worse than reading a recent story about them in The Washington Post. Reporter Michael E. Ruane’s article captured the spirit of the contemplative order’s daily rhythms:
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Casting stones at Jamie Lynn
When “good girl” celebrity Jamie Lynn Spears announced she was pregnant, reporters cast their rhetorical stones at the fallen teen role model. As Monica Hesse of The Washington Post wrote:
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