Like many other Baby Boomer believers who grew up in the era of ugly-as-sin church architecture, I am a total sucker for stately, soaring old churches.
Ghosts in pews of a great old Brooklyn church
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Sacrificing journalism on altar of gay advocacy
A few weeks ago, departing New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane said something everybody already knows:
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Changes in the Godbeat
The Godbeat (or religion beat) is in the middle of some major shifts again, ones that can leave glaring holes in several newspapers across the country.
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Archbishop Chaput 'thunders' away, on doctrine
Well, there goes that Archbishop Charles Chaput guy again, “thundering” away at his flock on a matter of Catholic doctrine.
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Journalism means never having to say you're sorry
In comments to my post this weekend suggesting a few angles for coverage of Muslim protests against America and one of its resident’s films, reader Sari asked:
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'Tebowing' to 'Griffining'? Pay attention ... (update)
As a rule, your GetReligionistas rarely dig into the work of columnists and essay writers. However, in sports coverage the lines are blurred between news and commentary to a degree that goes way beyond what happens in coverage of politics, economics or other major news topics. In sports, it’s even harder — if not impossible — to avoid the news content in the work of the columnists.
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The missing anti-Muslim movie stories
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting, if completely unsurprising, update to the stories about the intense interest in the people affiliated with the so-called film being blamed for widespread anti-American violence throughout the world:
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At issue in Massachusetts: End of life
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What did those N'awlins preachers shout?
First, a word from the editor. In recent weeks, I have been tossing out roughly half of the comments that have been written about many of my posts here at GetReligion. Frankly, I have missed some that I should have spiked — seeing as how I do not live at my computer keyboard 24/7.
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