As a reporter, I’m always amazed by how much I learn when I actually pick up the phone and talk to somebody.
Hey atheists, 'Thank God you're wrong'
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WWROD? Hang out with the GetReligionistas team
Ask any religion-news professional to list the top reporters on the beat in the late 20th Century and Richard Ostling will be right near the top.
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Lost in translation - AFP and the Seventh-day Adventists
Reports on the exorcism trial currently underway in Paris suburb of Essonne cast an interesting light on the internal workings of the French wire service AFP (Agence France Presse). And these gleanings do not do it credit.
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Got news? Concerning Catholic priests, Mass and padlocks
Because of my background in church-state studies, for the past third of a century or so I have been interested in the many legal puzzles linked to the work of military chaplains.
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Warming the chair? Wall Street Journal laments the loss of the pew
It’s five minutes past the hour, and you’re late for services. The cat insisted on one last pass around your leg, and you had to extricate the lint brush from the back of the junk drawer, and in the process you found that key to the shed you’d been looking for forever. But you couldn’t be sure it was the key until you tried it.
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Mormons softening opposition to homosexuality ... or not
If you enjoy quality journalism, feel free to skip an Associated Press story out today on Mormons challenging their church’s stance on homosexuality.
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Zen Pastor Mariano Rivera and his vague, comforting karma
Lat’s state the obvious: It’s getting harder and harder for news consumers to figure out when they are reading straight news coverage and when they are reading columns, editorials and analysis pieces.
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The New York Times offers tales of two very different Christian colleges
The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana, has had a reputation as one of the toughest places for criminals to do time in this country. If you go in, and the crime is serious enough, you’re not likely to come out. For years, decades even, the prison was a hotbed of violence and strife.
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Hey, Los Angeles Times, there's more to HHS fight than Hobby Lobby
First things first: I have to admit that I almost choked on my diet cherry cola when I read the double-decker headline on this Los Angeles Times news feature about the next round of cultural warfare at the U.S. Supreme Court. Ready? You have been warned:
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