Religion News Service has a story about churches “shifting” worship to Wednesdays. Or, at least, that’s what the headline as it ran on USA Today said:
Are churches moving worship to Wednesdays?
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Byzantine accusations, jammed into a bad headline
The Byzantine drama linked to the removal of Metropolitan JONAH as the leader of the Orthodox Church in America continues to unfold online, even though there has been little information revealed that has not been the subject of rumors and debates for quite some time.
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Scare quote epidemic spreads to natural family planning (UPDATES)
It’s been almost a month since a reader sent in a discussion of the use of scare quotes in the San Diego Jewish World by Dan Bloom. He says that his correspondents call them other things, such as “sneer quotes,” “horror quotes,” “air quotes” and “quote-unquote quotes.” And Jon Stewart calls them something that is not family friendly at all.
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Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman: Whose God is whose?
As if the Internet needs more things to explode over, George Zimmerman, who has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, brought religion into the mix in an interview with Fox’s Sean Hannity last night. Here’s how the LA Times describes the turn of events:
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Good TV: WFAA on the Episcopal Wars
While GetReligion is on the topic of local television news religion reporting, let me draw your attention to a thoughtful, intelligent broadcast from Dallas/Fort Worth station WFAA. Quality local TV news reporting on religion? And on the convoluted Episcopal wars too? Is such a thing possible?
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A town, a cross and the Constitution
Nearly two decades ago (and man, do I feel old!), I covered the fast-growing suburb of Edmond, Okla., for The Oklahoman, then Oklahoma’s statewide newspaper.
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"Religious differences," a knife and a TV report
Every now and then, a GetReligion reader sends us a link to a religion-deficient story produced by a local television station or even one of the national networks.
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How Syria's religious contours explain battle lines
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French Evangelicals through an American lens
A mixed review is the best I can give to an article in the Christian Science Monitor on the rise of Evangelical Christianity in France. The 1400-word article entitled “In a France suspicious of religion, evangelicalism’s message strikes a chord” tells a fascinating story about the changing religious landscape in France, but for every two steps forward it makes in its narrative, it takes a step back with its assumptions. It’s a “yes, but …” article. A stronger editorial pencil would have made it great.
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