🗒️ Does Old-Fashioned Reporting Matter To Christianity Today? 🔌

A recent news release from Christianity Today touted the magazine’s “new editorial leadership team.” It failed to mention the latest round of journalist layoffs that has critics questioning the magazine’s commitment to reporting.

💉As In Christa Pike’s Case, Spiritual Advisers Often Play A Role At Executions 🔌

In the wake of Christa Pike’s botched lethal injection in Tennessee, Weekend Plug-in columnist Bobby Ross Jr. reflects on the role of spiritual advisers at executions. The practice has a history that precedes the founding of the United States.

☪️ Inside America’s Ongoing War Of Words Over Muslims 🔌

On the 25th anniversary of 9/11 last month, Weekend Plug-in columnist Bobby Ross Jr. found myself in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michgan. He came to work on a story related to America’s ongoing war over words over Muslims and their place in U.S. society. While coincidental, the timing struck Ross as ironic.

📖 Preacher, Educator, Coach: 5 Life Lessons From A Hoops Legend 🔌

Garth Pleasant, a legendary small-college basketball coach who won 720 games and four national championships in 38 seasons at Rochester Christian University in Michigan, offers life lessons from his 77 years on planet Earth.

🗽25 Years After 9/11, We Remember The Darkness And The Light 🔌

Clemente Lisi was a 26-year-old general assignment reporter for the New York Post on Sept. 11, 2001. “Every day you’d get up, and you didn’t know what you were gonna do,” said Lisi, now Religion Unplugged’s executive editor. “One day it was covering a fire. The next day you’re covering a murder.” On that Tuesday, he was told that a plane had hit the World Trade Center.

⚠️ Christianity’s Dirty Little Secret — And How These Believers Overcame It 🔌

Christianity and pornography don’t mix. Except that they often do — whether believers and church leaders want to talk about it or not.

❤️ We Will Always Love Her: How Dolly Parton Lived Out Her Personal Faith 🔌

Since the news broke Tuesday that Dolly Parton “is in the arms of Jesus,” Weekend Plug-in columnist Bobby Ross Jr. has joined countless millions of fans in reflecting on her life, her legacy — and yes, her faith.

📽️ ‘American Martyr’: Slain Priest’s Canonization Cause Hits The Big Screen 🔌

“American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story” — a new feature-length documentary narrated by actor Martin Sheen — premieres in theaters Aug. 25 and 26 in English and Aug. 27 in Spanish. An Oklahoma farm boy who grew up to become a priest, Rother spent 13 years as a missionary to Guatemala. He died in 1981 at age 46 when three masked assassins entered his rectory during that Central American nation’s civil war.

⚾️ Chicago White Sox Give Away 40,000 Pope Hats: 5 Things To Know 🔌

The Chicago White Sox gave away 40,000 miter-shaped hats Tuesday in honor of the team’s most famous fan, Pope Leo XIV. Here are five interesting facts to know about “Pope Night.”

📚 In Rural Idaho, BFFs Transform A Greenhouse Into A Thriving Christian School 🔌

For Charli Turner and Julie Montgomery, the idea of starting a school that could serve as a Christian mission started years ago. “We had this funny vision that we were going to take in all the lost, hurting kids,” Turner said. Finally, they’re realizing their dream in rural North Idaho.

✅ Pop Quiz Time: How Closely Do You Read Weekend Plug-In? 🔌

We’re curious to know what sticks. So it’s time for a Weekend Plug-in pop quiz. When you click the right answer, the related column will appear.

⛰️ Program Blends ‘Mountains And Ministry, Rivers And Reverence’ 🔌

What could feel more like summer than a bonfire after worship service? From Denali in Alaska to the Everglades in Florida, a ministry works to share Jesus in national parks across the U.S. and Canada.

🏥 My Friend’s Cancer Battle: ‘This Is Going To Be One Really Cool Obituary’ 🔌

It’s a call you never want to receive. “I’ve got cancer,” your loved one says. Not only that, but it’s pancreatic cancer — often a death sentence. Immediately, your brain goes into a fog.

🇺🇸 America At 250: 1976 Bicentennial Mixed Faith And Fireworks 🔌

Fifty years ago, America celebrated its Bicentennial. The 200th anniversary of the nation’s founding occurred on a Sunday. For many, celebrations mixed faith, family and fireworks.

⚾️ Church Helps Homeless Son Of Late Yankees TV Cameraman 🔌

When Maurice Costabile first showed up at a Houston church a few years ago, members had no clue his late father, Duilio, was a beloved TV cameraman dubbed the “Mayor of Yankee Stadium.” They just knew he looked homeless — and desperately needed a bath.

📰 Lessons Learned In High School Journalism Class Still Resonate 🔌

At the 40th anniversary of his 1986 high school graduation, our Weekend Plug-in columnist reflects on the journalism lessons he learned as a student — and which still resonate with him four decades later.

🗳️ Even If Elected To Congress, These Pastors Plan To Remain In The Pulpit 🔌

Jackson Lahmeyer and Frederick D. Haynes III couldn’t be any more different politically. But both are pastors. Both are running for Congress. And both could win in November.

‘We Are One Church’: Green Bay Congregation Grows Through Spanish Outreach

A Church of Christ congregation is experiencing renewed growth through its bilingual ministry. Led by Costa Rican-born minister Diego Rojas, the church holds English and Spanish services, occasionally worshiping together to foster inclusion. Supported by the Herald of Truth’s MESA initiative, the church has welcomed over 200 Spanish speakers from 15 countries.

⛈️ With Chainsaws And Supply Runs, The ‘Faith-Based FEMA’ Responds To Hurricane Helene 🔌

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, faith-based disaster relief ministries are working alongside neighbors to feed survivors and clear damage.

‘David Beats Goliath’: Faith Coalition Celebrates Oklahoma’s Recreational Marijuana Defeat

Supporters of legalizing recreational marijuana in Oklahoma outspent opponents by millions of dollars. Yet when the votes were counted Tuesday, the anti-marijuana side — backed by prominent faith leaders and law enforcement officials — prevailed.

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