Steve Lopez is really going to miss Cardinal Roger Mahony.
LAT's righteous voice
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Religiously reproduce?
Coming from a family of eight, my interest is often piqued when I come across stories about large families. If we had cable, we might be 19 Kids and Counting regulars. But 19 children seems small in comparison to this family in India. Get ready for this story from Reuters.
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Suffering, forgiveness and the LRA
I drove into the mountains of Tennessee last night listening to stories of sin, suffering, grace and forgiveness. That’s what was playing on the country music stations, of course, but that was also what was playing for part of the time on the BBC World Service.
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Evangelism and piracy on the high seas
Scott and Jean Adam (pictured here) had their yacht Quest hijacked by Somali pirates last Friday. Also on board were Phyllis MacKay and Bob Riggle. (Recent reports say that all four were killed.) Piracy is a major problem in the unstable waters near Somalia and many people are following the story with interest. The U.S. Navy is even involved. Part of that may have to do with the recent sentencing of Somali pirate Abduwali Abukhadir Muse. When he received 34 years in prison last week, calls for retaliation were made.
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First Timothy and the first baseman
As I may have mentioned once or twice here, I’m the world’s biggest St. Louis Cardinals fan. A high percentage of my free time in the last week has been spent thinking about the contract negotiations between the Cardinals and one of my very favorite players throughout history — Albert Pujols.
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Thou shalt favor one side
Two elements of a Washington Post story that ran over the weekend appeal to me: small-town folks and a battle over church and state.
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The new slam-dunk Christian
GetReligion readers who are basketball fans — especially those who follow NBA hoops — know that this entire weekend is, semi-officially, a giant launch party for a young man named Blake Griffin. He is a rookie (sort of, but that’s part of the tale) who was selected to play in the All-Star Game and last night he literally jumped over an automobile (while a gospel choir sang, live, on the court) to win the slam-dunk media festival.
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Got News? Persecuted Christian edition
Sometimes I think back to August and September when most mainstream media outlets were obsessed about the construction of an Islamic Center near Ground Zero and/or the planned (but never realized) burning of a Koran by a leader of a small church in Florida. Everywhere the media looked, they saw Islamophobia and it became the overarching narrative adopted by many figures in the media.
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Hollywood's awkward God dance
A few weeks ago, I had what I call a “parenting failure.” I realized that my girls, ages 1 and 3, knew all the words to Justin Bieber’s “Baby” song.
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