“God is my assignment editor.”
Unnamed obituary editor
The quote was included at Overheardinthenewsroom.com, a web site about funny sayings overheard in newsrooms. (RNS)
“I prayed multiple times a day, sang hymns with emotion and tears, felt each time that it wouldn’t happen again, read the Bible every morning. … So how in the world did I have a ‘torrid’ (which is an accurate word) many-year affair?”
Mark Souder
The recently-resigned Republican congressman from Indiana was writing in an e-mail to World magazine about his extramarital affair. (RNS)
“Our response has not been as compassionate and loving as it should be. We are single-minded in saving the souls of individuals, but not as opened-minded in terms of saving that person’s life.”
Stephen Thurston
The pastor and president of the National Baptist Convention of America, who recently took an HIV test in front of his Chicago congregation, was quoted by the Chicago Tribune about how black churches are slowly becoming more outspoken about testing and education on HIV/AIDS. (RNS)