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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.
Here is one more brief look back into the wave of Christmas and pre-Christmas stories, even as we move into the heart of the actual season of Christmas.
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.
Is it too late to vote, yet again, in the poll to name the most important religion-news stories of 2007?
That post from the other day about the Dallas Morning News Solstice coverage continues to draw interesting comments.
Before the day is done and I start the bedtime reading rituals for the night, let me share one last tale for this day one of the 2007 Christmas season.
Loyal GetReligion readers will recall that, back in September, I sang the praises of a wonderful New York Times feature story by reporter Warren St. John that began like this:
This isn’t really a breaking news story, but it shows up in newspapers from time to time. This is how I started a Scripps Howard News Service column on the topic several years ago:
