(OPINION) Tensions over worship styles seem to be easing. Congregations may have settled on contemporary pop rock or traditional hymns, but genres — and attitudes — are evolving as they merge.
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(OPINION) A recent piece in The Atlantic examines how the excesses of progressive politics affect kids. It contains insights into how journalists can better cover the culture war’s religious implications.
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(OPINION) To say that the Catholic church is at a crossroads isn’t an exaggeration. But fierce arguments between the doctrinal left and right on a host of issues — from Pope Francis’ recent choice of cardinals to how clergy address social issues — are as intense as ever.
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(OPINION) A new book is critical of critiques of Christian Zionism. But it doesn’t address what Christian Zionism is really about - not theology, but culture.
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(OPINION) Liberty University’s administrators should reevaluate their control over the campus newspaper. Their academic integrity and reputation, and their students, would be better for it.
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The anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center is always a busy time for Stanley Praimnath. He has found purpose in talking about his experience that day, and he wants to share it with anyone willing to listen.
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A study that found there’s no single gene linked to homosexual behavior has been largely met with praise by some Christian leaders and shrugs by others.
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(OPINION) Follow the New York Times’ “Sunday Routine” column for a few weeks and you might notice a conspicuous absence: going to church. More Americans are making choices that traditionally involved church, like weddings and Sunday mornings, without it.
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(OPINION) Journalists should consult AP guidelines before using the term fundamentalist. Its meaning is often misunderstood and misused.
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(OPINION) Christian and former USA gymnast Rachael Denhollander has written a memoir of her sexual abuse and healing, including grappling with the reality of good and evil, and God.
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(OPINION) It’s back to school time, but media coverage of Catholic schools — unless there’s a scandal — is lacking. Given that some Catholic schools in low-income neighborhoods outperforming public schools, private religious schools deserve more coverage.
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(OPINION) For a Christian satire publication, fact and fiction are getting harder to distinguish from one another and politics is harder to separate from religion.
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(OPINION) The number of religiously unaffiliated people has reached or surpassed some of the largest religious groups in the U.S. Researchers are puzzled about why left-leaning churches are losing so many young people while the country moves left on many moral issues. It may be due to what they think “religious” actually means.
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Risco Mention-Lewis is leading a community policing initiative in New York’s Suffolk County that heals trauma and invests in people. Her approach reflects her divine inspiration.
Read More(OPINION) Jerry Falwell Jr’s Liberty University has become an embarrassment to Christian college journalism programs.
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The Catholic Church recently declined to open the path to sainthood for British Catholic author and journalist G.K. Chesterton, but his fans aren’t giving up hope.
(OPINION) What role should our politics play in our relationship with God? Church leaders offer some guidance.
Read More(OPINION) Critiques of purity culture have come back into Christian media after “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” author Joshua Harris announced his separation from his wife and “deconstruction” of his Christian faith.
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(OPINION) What we learned this month is that polls, survey and studies involving politics and health — despite their polarizing natures — are fair game. The ones around faith — and those around a specific belief — are not. The latest example? The Catholic belief in transubstantiation.
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(REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK) When Joy Notoma attended a workshop for spiritual abuse recovery, she stumbled upon a story bigger than she imagined and left acting for journalism school.
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