A year ago today, I announced to all my friends that my days of searching for a church were over (at least for the extended future, anyway). After nearly a year of editing resumes, filling out questionnaires, meeting with search…
Is Gov. Huckabee right?
To be fair, since earlier this summer I wished Sen. Lindsey Graham a Happy Birthday ( here), I am now wishing ex-Governor Mike Huckabee a Happy Birthday. Huckabee celebrated his 60th birthday yesterday, and as I said in the article…
How ‘War Room’ became a biblical box office smash
Church says Donald Trump is not an ‘active member’
Crowds flock to Georgia to pay tribute to cancer-stricken Jimmy Carter
Kentucky clerk seeks Supreme Court help to deny gay marriage licenses
Myanmar’s president signs off on law seen as targeting Muslims
Five grieving mothers & the problem of race
I’m finishing a fine novel called All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr in which one of the characters repeats this mantra: Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever. I feel…
Holy smoke! Did Baptist News Global spot a ghost in that BBC barbecue report?
As you would expect, I get lots of email about religion- news stuff. That tends to happen when you’ve been in the religion-columnist business — in one form or another — since 1982. All that old snail mail on dead-tree…