After a busy Pascha weekend, I need to jump back into the tmatt file of guilt for a moment or two.
Pennsylvania reporter shows how to correct an error
Last week, a sad news story out of Pennsylvania made the rounds. Originally, it had a bad headline and lede:
Pod people: Ghosts and crickets in Jason Collins coverage
'Christ is risen!', for Greeks, Arabs, Russians & others
A blessed Pascha to the Orthodox readers of GetReligion. I hope you are recovering from the long, but glorious, week of services and the middle-of-the night rites and feasts. Personally, I think it is high time for a post-Great Lent barbecue run — soon.
Beware of creepy, crooked, cash-flush Pentecostals
The powerful ghost in the death choir story
While I have listened to choirs that have bored me nearly to death with their singing, I never knew there were choirs that would sing to you when you are near to death.
Media treatment of Mikey Weinstein under scrutiny
Earlier today I mentioned some questions I have about this crazy “court-martial” story that blew up this week. The post is headlined “I share, you evangelize, they proselytize,” in reference to GetReligion reader Will Linden’s saying about how the same action can be described in different ways.
I share, you evangelize, they proselytize
Defense Dept. say proselytism is banned but evangelism is ok (and no one’s getting court martialed) ow.ly/kERmC
'Apparently,' there's a news story about a Wisconsin church
The lead story on CNN’s “Belief Blog” at this moment concerns a former National Football League player who apparently lost a church speaking engagement after tweeting support for basketball player Jason Collins, who this week revealed that he’s gay.

