In one of my favorite scenes in the original 2001 “Shrek” movie, the title character explains to Donkey that “there’s a lot more to ogres than people think.”
Talking about Obama's leap of faith -- again
It’s amazing how much news and information one misses when attempting to follow hot stories in the online versions of major newspapers.
Missing voices (on left) in North Carolina vote
The general consensus in the press this morning was that the North Carolina marriage amendment vote was all about religion. This is certainly the theme that emerges in some of the stories and photographs featured in The Politico email round-up.
Doing that Bill Maher gay marriage Obama thing
I have three questions, after reading the latest New York Times news report about why President Barack Obama is hurting his chances in the upcoming election with his ongoing reticence to let his beliefs on marriage completely evolve into agreement with, well, the great Gray Lady herself.
On George Zimmerman's (young) Catholic faith
I have been waiting for someone to write a story about George Zimmerman and his family and it’s religious background ever since I saw a passing reference to him being a former altar boy.
RG3 and a tiny glimpse of faith
I’ll be the first to admit that, as a guy from a family that bleeds green and gold, I am slightly freaked out that Baylor University’s Robert Griffin III (that Heisman Trophy guy) will soon be the quarterback for the Washington Redskins. I mean, I dislike the owner of the Redskins almost as much as I dislike the owner of the Dallas Cowboys (as a Tom Landry fan, I still have anger issues).
Seeing the bigger Orthodox picture at Pascha
Believe it or not, Orthodox Christians do return to church during the daylight hours on Pascha Sunday, even after the glorious 3-hour-plus liturgical siege that is our midnight celebration of the Resurrection of Christ.
Ghosts in those "Hoodie Sunday" stories?
It didn’t take me very long, after I arrived in Charlotte, N.C., to get a bit frustrated with the leaders of that city’s powerful African-American churches.
