You gotta hand it to the Brits. The journalists over there sure know how to cover a wedding.
Missed chance to honor a rebel
I realize that it is Father’s Day. Still, I think that one of the most interesting stories that the mainstream press missed — or seriously, seriously underplayed — during the past few days was the death of a truly revolutionary mother.
And this just in.... (updated)
Those who are not deep into the comments thread on the Rick Warren post will want to note this development.
Rick Warren responds to Newsweek (updated)
We get our share of interesting comments here at this weblog and we also get lots of straw-man sermons that have nothing to do with religion-news coverage. And from time to time we hear from the reporters, editors and religious leaders involved in the actual coverage.
The missing Jerry Falwell (updated)
This is hardly breaking news, but the late Pastor Jerry Falwell was a really funny guy, by which I mean funny in terms of humor. Many of the obits mentioned this fact and also mentioned that a wide variety of people actually liked the man.
Obama a doomed apostate? (true or false)
The Church of St. Evangelical
Pause with me, for a moment, and consider the cutline on a photo that ran with the following New York Times story, written by reporter Michael Luo. Please remember that reporters hardly even write headline and cutlines.
From our "no comment" department
The following is not taken from a news story. It’s part of a column from (wait for it) the San Francisco Chronicle. And, yes, we have crossed paths with this man’s work before.
Hot, hot, 25-year-old Baptist trend
Roughly a quarter century ago, people — academic people — started paying serious attention to what were called “superchurches” or “megachurches.” The goal was to learn more about why some churches grew and others did not.
