Super Bowl ads are not all secular. Religious organizations have often used the annual big game as a platform to spread their message. On other occasions, religious themes have been used in a funny way to sell products. Here’s a closer look at five that stood out.
Read More(ANALYSIS) What’s important to grasp off the bat is his immense importance as a public figure, as theartistic representative of the post-conciliar, Novus Ordo regime. His images are the gold standard for “iconic,” officially promoted, VaticanTwoist aesthetics. As such he is a celebrity in the NovusOrdoist world.
Read MoreAn alliance of civil organizations — known as the “Team BBM 2022 Coalition” — has rebranded in recent weeks into what’s known as the BLESSED Movement. Known by its acronym BLESSED under the leadership of Chairman Herbert Antonio Martinez, this group has transcended political affiliations in an effort to becoming a quasi-religious unifying force that brings together people from diverse backgrounds across the country.
Read MoreNot everyone will be enjoying chocolate this Valentine’s Day. For the first time since 2018, Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day fall on the same day. In fact, this rare occurrence is taking place once again in less than a week. It has happened three times in the last century — 1923, 1934 and 1945 — and will happen again in 2029.
Read More(ANALYSIS) With its lilting pop melody and sweet God talk, “On Eagle's Wings” is the hymn that conservative Catholics love to hate and Catholic progressives often wave like a red flag. President Joe Biden loves it.
Read MoreThe swelling number of Islamic clerics and Middle Eastern politicians condemning Hamas continues to grow since the Oct. 7 attacks against Israel. Canadian-based imam was the latest to do so. Tariq Abdulhaleem called for Hamas’ leadership to be prosecuted for facilitating what he called “genocide in Gaza.”
Read More(OPINION) Everyone is mad at Taylor Swift. I mean, everyone is always mad at Taylor Swift. Over football, her boyfriends, her music. This week, it’s over her failure to call for a ceasefire during the Grammys. Perhaps Swift’s silence on the destruction in Gaza would not have made waves had Annie Lennox not used her moment on the Grammys stage to raise her fist and proclaim “artists for a ceasefire.”
Read More(OPINION) God’s pruning is more painful than pleasant, but it is an act of love, making us less for the moment — sometimes quite radically less — in order to make more of us in the future.
Read MoreThe Jewish and Palestinian American pair are the force behind Atidna, a student organization of Jews and Palestinians that began at the university’s Austin campus two years ago. Initially, it focussed on similarities between Jewish and Palestinian culture, Kahlenberg said on a call shared with Hashem, stressing “that Jews and Arabs are cousins in one family and we’re not inherent enemies.”
Read MoreGo to a contemporary Christian music concert and often you’ll be greeted by materials about a child sponsorship ministry or other charitable group the band asks you to support. But do concertgoers know that, behind the scenes, money is being exchanged between the charity and musical artists?
Read MoreAs GetReligion.org disbands, something like this website has never been more needed. Will anyone again provide informed running assessments of this complex and emotion-laden journalistic beat?
Read MoreDespite an alumni-led petition drive urging a more progressive stance on LGBTQ+ issues, Abilene Christian University reaffirmed its existing policy. But for students at ACU, the debate over traditional vs. affirming views on same-sex relationships is not purely theological. It’s personal.
Read MoreAfter OpenAI CEO Sam Altman turned his nonprofit research laboratory into a for-profit, one of the organization’s biggest donors asked a compelling question. Elon Musk, America’s favorite billionaire, wrote, “If this is legal, why doesn’t everyone do it?”
Read More(ESSAY) The priest showed Nutsa the coffin holding the body of a revered Orthodox saint named Father Gabriel, whose remains were continuously sent around to various churches to provide miraculous healings. Georgians reported being healed of diseases ranging from burns to birth defects to cerebral palsy to brain cancer upon touching it. The local priest told Nusta she would be healed if she kissed Father Gabriel’s coffin. Nothing came of the ritual. Nutsa became an atheist a year later.
Read MoreThe most Jewish episode of “Curb” — and one of its most beloved — retold here by the people who made it. “Palestinian Chicken,” the third episode of the Larry David comedy’s eighth season, seemed anything but dated when it aired on July 24, 2011, and today, you can’t assemble a list of the show’s greatest episodes without it.
Read More(OPINION) Love sure didn’t save the ’60s, but wouldn’t it be nice to imagine love might save us now? Yeah, I know it’s too much to ask. Humans by and large aren’t geared that way. But an old man can dream just as easily as a 9-year-old can. I think sometimes that part of what keeps love from winning on this troubled planet is that most of us don’t even understand what true love looks like.
Read MoreThe Pour Over — a faith-based newsletter that reaches as many 550,000 unique subscribers — has surpassed all those prevoius efforts. It began in 2018 with a handful of readers and continues to grow, although founder Jason Woodruff doesn’t consider a greater audience the mark of success. Instead, it’s helping readers gain balance in a world that batters them with strident political reporting that can leave audiences off balance.
Read MoreThe consecration rituals of the icon of Lord Rama were performed in a newly built mega-temple in the town of Ayodhya, India, on Jan. 22, 2024. The prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, performed the rituals during a 48-minute period considered auspicious by Hindu astrologers. Lord Rama, an avatara or incarnation of Vishnu, is one of the most important deities in the Hindu tradition.
Read MoreA drone attack that killed three American troops and wounded at least 34 more at a base in Jordan has increased fears of a widening conflict in the Middle East — and the possibility that the U.S. may be further drawn into the fighting.
Read MoreThe Grammys, held this year on Feb. 4, are the largest annual awards ceremony held for music. This year, there are no real surprises in the five categories dedicated to Christian and gospel music. Instead, two notable Christian artists with great music have been nominated for some of the top awards of the night.
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