The Catholic Cuomos of New York are constantly in the news, which means that journalists are continuously having to wrestle with adjectives.
(Blankety blank) Catholics and Rome -- again
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Understanding Japan's great wave
One of my many seatmates during my nearly 24 hours of travel this weekend (remind me to tell you about the married woman sitting next to me who spent hours hitting on her 19-year-old colleague sitting next to her) had a copy of the Wall Street Journal. In it was a beautiful essay by Ian Buruma, the Henry R. Luce Professor at Bard College.
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To toast or not to toast during Lent?
There’s an old joke that Jews don’t recognize Jesus as the Messiah, Protestants don’t recognize the pope as the leader of the Christian faith and Baptists don’t recognize each other at the liquor store.
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Covering an outspoken Orthodox shepherd
I have heard one question over and over in the past three or four days: “What do you think of the Washington Post Magazine story about the whole uproar in the Orthodox Church in America about Metropolitan JONAH?” Or words to that effect.
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A palatable, comfortable Christianity?
I don’t watch MSNBC much but quite a few readers and friends sent along this video of host Martin Bashir interviewing Pastor Rob Bell. This one interview has turned into a kind of media event in and of itself.
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A Sabbath for techies
Before Thursday night, my computer had not been shut down for over two weeks. I think it appreciated the last 70-or-so hours in hibernation. I know I appreciated being disconnected from it, though I did spoil anything resembling a technology fast by pulling my iPhone out of my pocket every five minutes.
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Astonishing gap in bloody Sikh story
What you think of the following Calgary Herald story will largely depend on how you answer the following two questions.
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Scaring the hell out of you
A Missouri-area student is like many others who have tested their school’s limits, only this one offers a religious twist on a t-shirt. Michelle Ramirez, 12, was pulled from class after wearing a shirt with the phrase in all caps, “Jesus, he scares the hell out of you.”
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Like 'shaving with a banana'
In case you haven’t heard, this year marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. The Tennessean has a little quiz to test your biblical knowledge (though it’s not King James-focused per se).
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