Archive Index

June 2013

• June 17, 2013 Southern Baptists without (many) baptisms
• June 10, 2013 Making a case for the common hymnal
• June 3, 2013 Fights among Catholics, with the IRS picking a side

May 2013

• May 27, 2013 Into the depths of USA's church-state Inferno
• May 20, 2013 An earthy reality in the words of Pope Francis
• May 13, 2013 Was Jesus religious enough for HHS mandate?
• May 6, 2013 Zombies are US, 2013 edition

April 2013

• April 29, 2013 The faithful soul of Jackie Robinson
• April 22, 2013 The life and Times of John McCandlish Phillips
• April 15, 2013 Old religion-beat questions linger, even after 25 years
• April 8, 2013 Surviving the Easter crush, 2013
• April 1, 2013 The fall and the strange rise of liberal religion

March 2013

• March 25, 2013 'Tis this pope's gift to be simple
• March 18, 2013 Talking to real, live 'Nones'
• March 11, 2013 Religious liberty in crisis -- almost everywhere
• March 4, 2013 On the separation of church and history

February 2013

• February 25, 2013 The pope, Twitter and what comes next
• February 18, 2013 Pope Benedict XVI exits, on his own terms
• February 12, 2013 Anglicans swimming the Tiber, a one-year report
• February 11, 2013 Woodstock sinks into sexual ethics in America
• February 5, 2013 Words pastors fear saying to their flocks, part 2

January 2013

• January 21, 2013 Words pastors fear saying to their flocks, part 1
• January 14, 2013 Define ‘evangelical’ — 2013 edition

December 2012

• December 31, 2012 Hot words in top 2012 religion stories
• December 24, 2012 Columbine, Newtown and our culture of death
• December 17, 2012 Dave Brubeck's long pilgrimage
• December 10, 2012 Occupy Advent 2012 (Let's ask Siri)
• December 3, 2012 Secular unions vs. Holy Matrimony, Part II

November 2012

• November 26, 2012 Secular unions vs. Holy Matrimony, Part I
• November 19, 2012 Warnings to believers in a consumer culture
• November 12, 2012 Commandments for believers who blog
• November 5, 2012 Serious words at funny Al Smith dinner

October 2012

• October 29, 2012 Billy Graham & Co. push the values voters
• October 22, 2012 Stalking the anti-Mormon voters of 2012
• October 15, 2012 Fewer Protestants, but better Protestants?
• October 8, 2012 Apocalyptic visions about Chernobyl
• October 1, 2012 Soulful voice on a Capitol Hill sidewalk

September 2012

• September 24, 2012 So a cardinal, Jesuit and comedian get to chat ...
• September 17, 2012 Cardinal prays with Democrats, too
• September 10, 2012 Cardinal praying in a GOP spotlight
• September 3, 2012 Russia, rock, riots and religion

August 2012

• August 27, 2012 What Baptists can learn from craft beers
• August 20, 2012 Hillary Clinton defends religious liberty -- abroad
• August 13, 2012 Jail a new church-state option for bishops?

July 2012

• July 30, 2012 Yet another preying Presbyterian?
• July 23, 2012 To SHUSH or not to SHUSH in church
• July 16, 2012 The heretical art of Thomas Kinkade
• July 9, 2012 Thundering new voice for Southern Baptists
• July 2, 2012 Faith in that Barack Obama brand

June 2012

• June 25, 2012 Seeking the hipster antithesis
• June 18, 2012 Gay and faithfully Catholic
• June 11, 2012 Evolving conflicts over religious liberty
• June 4, 2012 Freedom of "worship" vs. "religion" -- again

May 2012

• May 28, 2012 Searching for "Catholic identity" on campuses
• May 21, 2012 Mitt Romney faces the Moral Majority
• May 14, 2012 Prof. Benedict addresses Catholic academia
• May 7, 2012 "Shocking" news for postmodern nuns

April 2012

• April 30, 2012 Why Chuck Colson spent Easter in prison
• April 23, 2012 2012: It's religion news deja vu
• April 16, 2012 Titanic sermons, a century later
• April 9, 2012 Behind the Catholic flight from pews
• April 2, 2012 BBC leader says race trumps religion

March 2012

• March 26, 2012 Lent and Easter, in blood, sweat and ink
• March 19, 2012 Rise of the "secular Catholics"
• March 12, 2012 God, Allah and Rick Warren
• March 5, 2012 Glimpse of Bono as a young believer

February 2012

• February 27, 2012 So a bishop talks theology in a bar ...
• February 20, 2012 Transfiguring the Crystal Cathedral
• February 13, 2012 Gagging the military chaplains 2.0
• February 6, 2012 T.D. Jakes and the Trinity

January 2012

• January 30, 2012 The pope, the president and religious liberty
• January 23, 2012 Concerning the prayers of Tim Tebow
• January 16, 2012 A long Anglican road to Rome
• January 3, 2012 Religion 2010 -- Rose petals in Pakistan

December 2011

• December 26, 2011 When is Christmas, anyway?
• December 19, 2011 Baptists in an age without safe labels
• December 12, 2011 Helping the young stick to faith
• December 5, 2011 God in the Gallup details

November 2011

• November 28, 2011 That changing God lobby in DC
• November 21, 2011 And with your spirit, once again
• November 14, 2011 Education wars among Georgia Baptists
• November 7, 2011 Bishops change course on religious liberty

October 2011

• October 31, 2011 God and The New York Times, once again
• October 24, 2011 Southern Baptists vs. Mormons, again
• October 17, 2011 Steve Jobs, saint of the '60s
• October 10, 2011 God, Tebow and the NFL
• October 3, 2011 Golf as religion, spiritual discipline

September 2011

• September 26, 2011 Goodbye to old-time mountain faith
• September 19, 2011 Evangelicals learn to (heart) New York
• September 12, 2011 Bill Keller vs. the religious aliens
• September 5, 2011 From Texas Baptist to Orthodox saint?

August 2011

• August 29, 2011 No Hooters apparel in Mass!
• August 22, 2011 Orthodoxy in an American elevator
• August 15, 2011 Churches ignoring the digital playground
• August 8, 2011 Fundamental Breivik truths
• August 1, 2011 God, Barbies and girlie girls

July 2011

• July 25, 2011 From Denver to the Main Line
• July 18, 2011 Harry Potter wars forever?
• July 5, 2011 Evangelicals vs. 'secularists' (2011)

June 2011

• June 27, 2011 NYC's dangerous churches (in schools)
• June 20, 2011 Parents, circumcision and the law
• June 13, 2011 Orthodox bridge to evangelical world
• June 6, 2011 Oprah's liberal prosperity gospel

May 2011

• May 30, 2011 Boehner, Dolan, Catholic heretics?
• May 23, 2011 Few celebrating Osama's demise
• May 16, 2011 Define fundamentalist, please
• May 9, 2011 Polish visions behind Vatican rites

April 2011

• April 25, 2011 Cohabitation, Confession, Communion
• April 18, 2011 Dylan does his Dylan thing in China
• April 11, 2011 Future nuns, priests face big questions
• April 4, 2011 Dershowitz visits Oslo (sort of)

March 2011

• March 28, 2011 God hates almost everyone, saith Phelps
• March 21, 2011 Churches late to Facebook party?
• March 14, 2011 Shahbaz Bhatti, modern martyr
• March 7, 2011 Angels and Damon (and free will)

February 2011

• February 28, 2011 Getting iConfession wrong
• February 21, 2011 Maher says Obama's faith is fake
• February 14, 2011 College campus holy wars
• February 7, 2011 Super Bowl holy wars -- 2011

January 2011

• January 31, 2011 Shriver and God's big family
• January 24, 2011 Praying with (or to?) John Paul II
• January 17, 2011 Yes, Catholics need more priests
• January 10, 2011 Thumbs down for Obama faith, again
• January 3, 2011 Baptists face Christmas, present and future

December 2010

• December 27, 2010 2010 was that kind of year in religion
• December 20, 2010 Hallelujah, saith the masses
• December 13, 2010 Celebrate Christmas -- gasp! -- in Christmas?
• December 6, 2010 Return of (part of) the chaplaincy story

November 2010

• November 29, 2010 A social media Reformation?
• November 22, 2010 John Lennon, 'spiritual,' not 'religious'
• November 15, 2010 Rome ponders iMissal app
• November 7, 2010 Congregating with Jon Stewart Leibowitz
• November 1, 2010 Politics, Baylor, The NoZe & Aqua Buddha

October 2010

• October 25, 2010 Don't ask, don't tell the chaplains
• October 18, 2010 God hates most sinners, saith Phelps
• October 11, 2010 Love, hate, apathy, faith
• October 4, 2010 A Catholic Colbert report

September 2010

• September 27, 2010 St. Peter in Westminster Abbey
• September 20, 2010 Rights and wrongs of Pastor Terry Jones
• September 13, 2010 Synagogue for Jewish seekers
• September 6, 2010 Alveda King's old dream

August 2010

• August 30, 2010 Obama and Allah, past and present
• August 23, 2010 Patricia Neal and her angels
• August 16, 2010 Hail Marys for Hitch
• August 9, 2010 Fix your ugly Catholic church?
• August 2, 2010 A Catholicism fit for journalists?

July 2010

• July 26, 2010 Shocking words for Presbyterians
• July 19, 2010 Symbols in the Texas hills
• July 12, 2010 When did Baptists stop making news?
• July 5, 2010 Catholic dad's fight against abuse

June 2010

• June 28, 2010 Law, faith and the good death
• June 21, 2010 SBC wrestles with corporate sin
• June 14, 2010 John Wooden, a faithful man
• June 7, 2010 An Orthodox question for 2010

May 2010

• May 31, 2010 'Lost' in the eternal lite
• May 24, 2010 Island of 'Lost' souls
• May 17, 2010 Trying to focus on the future
• May 10, 2010 Voices of unbelievers, in pulpits
• May 3, 2010 Sermons by Billy and Obama

April 2010

• April 26, 2010 State of the online Godbeat 2010
• April 19, 2010 State of the Godbeat 2010
• April 12, 2010 God, movies and cancer
• April 5, 2010 Quest for the common Easter

March 2010

• March 29, 2010 Hitchens, Hitchens and God, too
• March 22, 2010 An archbishop faces ghost of JFK
• March 15, 2010 Now that's a tough Lent
• March 8, 2010 A spiritual year at the multiplex
• March 1, 2010 Young Catholics wrestle with truth

February 2010

• February 22, 2010 Fasting, for evangelical Protestants?
• February 15, 2010 Breakfast prayer wars
• February 8, 2010 Mama says, 'Go to church'
• February 1, 2010 B16 says, 'Thou shalt blog'

January 2010

• January 25, 2010 The Book of Denzel
• January 18, 2010 How Evangelicals Talk 101
• January 11, 2010 The holy terror of religion news
• January 4, 2010 Obama's year: Cairo top story?

December 2009

• December 28, 2009 Xmas is fake, so deal with it
• December 21, 2009 Whatever happened to Advent?
• December 14, 2009 The soul in Dave Brubeck's jazz
• December 7, 2009 God and Caesar, 2009

November 2009

• November 30, 2009 Faith on the Blind Side
• November 23, 2009 Palin's pastor meets the press
• November 16, 2009 Quiet Lutheran worship wars
• November 9, 2009 Archbishop kicks Gray Lady
• November 2, 2009 'Lying' about God onscreen

October 2009

• October 26, 2009 A rabbi, a preacher and a journalist
• October 19, 2009 The Word according to Tim Tebow
• October 12, 2009 Pew gap continues on abortion
• October 5, 2009 A holy kind of anger

September 2009

• September 28, 2009 Define 'devout,' please
• September 21, 2009 Twin rocking chairs for ELCA gays
• September 14, 2009 Faithfully listening to Obama
• September 7, 2009 Rites, wrongs and Ted Kennedy

August 2009

• August 31, 2009 Hemlock, health care and Catholic choices
• August 24, 2009 Eunice Kennedy Shriver, pro-lifer
• August 17, 2009 Wafer madness
• August 10, 2009 Real, live, postmodern preacher
• August 3, 2009 Catholic pain in health-care fight

July 2009

• July 27, 2009 Why journalists (heart) the Episcopal Church
• July 20, 2009 Chopping that Anglican timeline
• July 13, 2009 Signs along the Methodist trail
• July 6, 2009 Walking in St. Tikhon's footsteps

June 2009

• June 29, 2009 McChurch history 101
• June 22, 2009 Angels, demons & good Catholics
• June 15, 2009 Again: Killing abortionists is sin
• June 8, 2009 Religion ghosts in Ukraine
• June 1, 2009 That other Notre Dame speech

May 2009

• May 24, 2009 Truth, doubt and Notre Dame
• May 18, 2009 Finding God on the jagged edge
• May 11, 2009 Notre Dame and her children
• May 4, 2009 Baptist take on spirituality

April 2009

• April 27, 2009 Painful options for postmodern nuns
• April 20, 2009 Archbishop meets the press (year 21)
• April 13, 2009 American exorcist, 2009
• April 6, 2009 Passover 2009, minus God

March 2009

• March 30, 2009 Angels, demons, Hanks & God
• March 23, 2009 Bullets, Bibles and Big Questions
• March 15, 2009 Rush Limbaugh, liberal heretic?
• March 9, 2009 Memory eternal: Healer for the healers
• March 2, 2009 Define "spiritual." Pick three films

February 2009

• February 23, 2009 Nailing the evangelical fads
• February 16, 2009 Case by case government doctrines
• February 9, 2009 Facing the unChristian reality
• February 2, 2009 Prayers in a minefield (civil religion II)

January 2009

• January 25, 2009 Our political high holy day, part I
• January 19, 2009 Searching for gray on abortion
• January 12, 2009 Memory eternal, Paul Weyrich
• January 5, 2009 Politics dominate 2008 religion
• January 1, 2009 That other speech at Notre Dame

December 2008

• December 29, 2008 Gently fighting for Christmas
• December 22, 2008 What, me worry? Whatever II
• December 15, 2008 What, me worry? Whatever
• December 7, 2008 Joking about Jonestown

November 2008

• November 26, 2008 Orthodox bishop on hot spot
• November 19, 2008 When journalists don't get religion
• November 12, 2008 Hiding behind altars
• November 5, 2008 Hiding behind pulpits

October 2008

• October 29, 2008 That global blind spot
• October 22, 2008 Culture wars 2008
• October 15, 2008 Obama meets The 700 Club
• October 8, 2008 Beyond Orthodox folk dancing
• October 1, 2008 Wink, wink pulpit wars

September 2008

• September 24, 2008 Out the church door
• September 17, 2008 Gov. Sarah Palin, Antichrist
• September 10, 2008 Define 'evangelical' -- again
• September 3, 2008 On the count of three -- pray

August 2008

• August 27, 2008 Heaven, hell and funerals
• August 20, 2008 Who gets to 'reform' what?
• August 13, 2008 Dark Knight of the soul
• August 6, 2008 Anglican beat goes on

July 2008

• July 30, 2008 The monster was not hiding in church
• July 23, 2008 Preaching to a tempting choir
• July 16, 2008 Faith and Tony Snow's grace
• July 9, 2008 Faith and the Russert Test
• July 2, 2008 Define 'religion,' please

June 2008

• June 25, 2008 Sex, sin and surveys
• June 18, 2008 Obama prays behind closed doors
• June 11, 2008 'No go' zones in UK -- again
• June 4, 2008 Tony Blair does God

May 2008

• May 28, 2008 Searching for Catholic sins
• May 21, 2008 Losing faith in Narnia, part II
• May 14, 2008 Losing faith in Narnia, Part I
• May 7, 2008 Why pastors detest email

April 2008

• April 30, 2008 Beyond Easter candy bargains
• April 23, 2008 B16 challenges his bishops
• April 16, 2008 Politics, opera and religion (20 years)
• April 9, 2008 Big Ben preaches human rights
• April 2, 2008 Dueling Anglican pulpits

March 2008

• March 26, 2008 Faith & politics? Nothing new
• March 19, 2008 A Catholic education flashback
• March 12, 2008 One thing about Lent
• March 5, 2008 Life after CCM, the remix

February 2008

• February 27, 2008 College life (Christian) in the city
• February 20, 2008 Blasphemy in the U.K.
• February 13, 2008 Thou shalt not say 'adultery'
• February 6, 2008 Word according to Bill Clinton

January 2008

• January 30, 2008 Soaring candidates in '08
• January 23, 2008 'Juno' and pro-life Hollywood
• January 16, 2008 God words vs. actions
• January 9, 2008 Invading Anglican closets
• January 2, 2008 God and the NFL giants (again)

December 2007

• December 26, 2007 Religion '07: Huck's Christmas story
• December 19, 2007 The exaltation of Mitt Romney
• December 12, 2007 The 30-something days of Xmas
• December 5, 2007 FM radio reality in church

November 2007

• November 28, 2007 Hitting the 500-year wall
• November 21, 2007 Giving and thanksgiving
• November 14, 2007 Pullman vs. the Magisterium
• November 7, 2007 Westboro Baptist hates America

October 2007

• October 31, 2007 'God-o-Meter' Democrats
• October 24, 2007 Young, cosmopolitan evangelicals
• October 17, 2007 VeggieMovies, take two
• October 10, 2007 Does marriage have a future?
• October 3, 2007 God and Al-Jazeera

September 2007

• September 26, 2007 Calls for Anglican candor
• September 19, 2007 Food and the basic faith groups
• September 12, 2007 Tesser well, Madeleine L'Engle
• September 5, 2007 Presbyterian alphabet soup, again

August 2007

• August 29, 2007 Religion futures market 2007
• August 22, 2007 The ultimate movie stigma
• August 15, 2007 Faith in St. Arbucks
• August 8, 2007 Final Harry Potter wars? Part II
• August 1, 2007 Final Harry Potter wars? Part I

July 2007

• July 25, 2007 Grilling the youth pastor
• July 18, 2007 Pastor Will B. Dunn -- RIP
• July 11, 2007 Islamic urband legends
• July 4, 2007 Mike Huckabee still believes

June 2007

• June 27, 2007 Obama's awesome testimony
• June 20, 2007 Ruth Graham, the X-factor
• June 13, 2007 Truth, tolerance and faith
• June 6, 2007 Vast right-wing media conspiracy

May 2007

• May 30, 2007 Fathers, sons & pews, Part II
• May 23, 2007 Similar gap, different decade
• May 16, 2007 Romney, JFK and the God question
• May 9, 2007 Episcopal chair fights
• May 2, 2007 Memory eternal, Robert E. Webber

April 2007

• April 25, 2007 Hot 50 American rabbis
• April 18, 2007 Waiting for the WHY shoe to drop
• April 11, 2007 Nervous believers in Year 18
• April 4, 2007 One man comes home to Orthodoxy

March 2007

• March 28, 2007 Shadows of THE wardrobe
• March 21, 2007 Opus Dei presses on after Da Vinci
• March 14, 2007 Lutherans in non-Roman Lent
• March 7, 2007 Sinners on the counterattack

February 2007

• February 28, 2007 What Wilberforce would do
• February 21, 2007 That Episcopal status quo
• February 14, 2007 Catholic South shall rise
• February 7, 2007 'Animal House' with crosses?

January 2007

• January 31, 2007 Graphic novels, big questions
• January 24, 2007 Church signs along the road
• January 17, 2007 When journalists crash rites
• January 10, 2007 Oprah and her American faith
• January 3, 2007 Going in religion-news circles

December 2006

• December 27, 2006 Was Ahmadinejad story left behind?
• December 20, 2006 Into the Anglican wilds
• December 13, 2006 Let Hanukkah be Hanukkah
• December 6, 2006 Old sins in confession

November 2006

• November 29, 2006 Walking in Joseph's sandals
• November 22, 2006 Using the 'Passion Playbook'
• November 15, 2006 Trying to market the Mass?
• November 8, 2006 Blonde, female, Christian, late-night comedian
• November 1, 2006 Hypocrites are us

October 2006

• October 25, 2006 Zombies meet Dante at the mall
• October 18, 2006 Pentecostal power 2006
• October 11, 2006 Facing some giant lessons
• October 4, 2006 Hellish grudges can kill

September 2006

• September 27, 2006 The new campus rebels
• September 20, 2006 Slicing the Veggies
• September 13, 2006 Please let Harry Potter die
• September 6, 2006 Why eulogies have changed

August 2006

• August 30, 2006 Georgetown revises its rules
• August 23, 2006 Heathens make better flicks?
• August 16, 2006 Democrats, faith and Roe
• August 9, 2006 Mad Mel and the Talmud
• August 2, 2006 To hell with that housewife

July 2006

• July 26, 2006 PG or not PG?
• July 19, 2006 About those 'Left Behind' readers
• July 12, 2006 Fighting blasphemy laws is blasphemy
• July 5, 2006 That other Zion conspiracy

June 2006

• June 28, 2006 A word from Canterbury, finally
• June 21, 2006 Reporters, with blog on their side
• June 14, 2006 A vote for the resurrection
• June 7, 2006 Facing the MPAA giant

May 2006

• May 31, 2006 Connecting Baha'i dots in Iran
• May 24, 2006 That Da Vinci sex code
• May 17, 2006 Rosenthal refused to remain silent
• May 10, 2006 So who is Dan Brown?
• May 3, 2006 Catholic choirs, alive or dead?

April 2006

• April 26, 2006 Rushdie says, 'Get religion'
• April 19, 2006 Sacred meals, Baptist and Orthodox
• April 12, 2006 Year 17 -- Reporters, crow's ears, Karma Light nuns
• April 5, 2006 God and the intellect

March 2006

• March 29, 2006 God wants R-E-S-P-E-C-T
• March 22, 2006 The New York Times tweaks its credo
• March 15, 2006 McPassion pinches a nerve
• March 8, 2006 A short test for Lent 2006
• March 1, 2006 The future of Narnia

February 2006

• February 22, 2006 No Oscar for Hirsi Ali?
• February 15, 2006 Moral climate change in Britain
• February 8, 2006 Bono sings an old song, again
• February 1, 2006 So a reporter walks into a church (rimshot)

January 2006

• January 25, 2006 Amarillo makes Catholic news -- again
• January 18, 2006 Are there 'virtual' sins?
• January 11, 2006 Take Pat Robertson, please
• January 4, 2006 First column on Christmas wars 2006

December 2005

• December 28, 2005 2005: Is terrorism 'religion' news?
• December 21, 2005 Have yourself a megachurch Christmas
• December 14, 2005 That Church Calendar Christmas Crunch
• December 7, 2005 About those 'secular' menorahs

November 2005

• November 30, 2005 The Lion, the Witch and the Fans
• November 23, 2005 That Salvation Army brand
• November 16, 2005 Division by Communion
• November 9, 2005 Voice for Orthodox unity -- from Brooklyn
• November 2, 2005 Witches leaving broom closets

October 2005

• October 26, 2005 Soulforce preaches to the Navy
• October 19, 2005 Faith, doubt and Nickel Creek
• October 12, 2005 C.S. Lewis for children
• October 5, 2005 Seminaries, celibacy and doctrine

September 2005

• September 28, 2005 Jerry Falwell, gay-rights activist?
• September 21, 2005 Looking for the Net Big Thing
• September 14, 2005 Why God loves New Orleans
• September 7, 2005 Calling more Christian writers

August 2005

• August 31, 2005 Hollywood doubts and the devil
• August 24, 2005 Democrats trying to see red
• August 17, 2005 Stalking the pro-life feminists
• August 10, 2005 Peter Jennings -- news seeker
• August 3, 2005 Antioch exits National Council of Churches

July 2005

• July 27, 2005 Studying the Faithful Consumers
• July 20, 2005 The popes and evolution, part II
• July 13, 2005 The popes and evolution, part I
• July 6, 2005 Did the Disney boycott do anything?

June 2005

• June 29, 2005 Graham looking to London?
• June 22, 2005 Orthodox prayer in public square
• June 15, 2005 Howard Dean: There he goes again
• June 8, 2005 Can't ask. Can't tell.
• June 1, 2005 Citizen Anschutz on a mission

May 2005

• May 25, 2005 Star Culture Wars
• May 18, 2005 Brother Manning, on the road
• May 11, 2005 The New York Times sees red
• May 4, 2005 Anglicans meet Rome's Big Ben

April 2005

• April 27, 2005 After the Iakovos earthquake
• April 20, 2005 Should Jews believe Judaism is true?
• April 13, 2005 Year 17 -- Episcopagans in the News
• April 6, 2005 A mystical spark from Poland?

March 2005

• March 30, 2005 Cremating Terri Schiavo
• March 23, 2005 The prayers of Hebrew Catholics
• March 16, 2005 Archbishop in a tough room
• March 9, 2005 Communion in the Anglican Communion?
• March 2, 2005 Those Oscar-winning sermons

February 2005

• February 23, 2005 No need for Orthodox pickles
• February 16, 2005 Pope John Paul II: What's the lead?
• February 9, 2005 Baylor, Bibles, boots and education
• February 2, 2005 Hell through the Hollywood lens

January 2005

• January 26, 2005 Free Bibles, free speech
• January 19, 2005 The visions of Tolkien and Jackson
• January 12, 2005 Bad things, tough beliefs in Third World
• January 5, 2005 Farewell to Ashcroft urban legend

December 2004

• December 29, 2004 Passionate news in 2004
• December 22, 2004 Skipping the 12 days of Christmas
• December 15, 2004 There's power in the words
• December 8, 2004 Santa Claus vs. St. Nicholas?
• December 1, 2004 Oy Joy! Merry Chrismukkah

November 2004

• November 24, 2004 Define 'evangelical' -- please
• November 17, 2004 Red, blue and green (tea)
• November 10, 2004 Can Christians vote 'no'?
• November 3, 2004 After the Baptist baptism bus tour

October 2004

• October 27, 2004 W. Bush -- theological Rorschach test
• October 20, 2004 After the Veggie sale, Part II
• October 13, 2004 After the Veggie sale, Part I
• October 6, 2004 Beyond the Brighton bombing

September 2004

• September 29, 2004 Call it church-state espionage
• September 22, 2004 Snakes, Bush and the Greeks
• September 15, 2004 Freud, Lewis & God on PBS
• September 8, 2004 Rites & prayers before the storm
• September 1, 2004 Cheeseburgers in Jerusalem

August 2004

• August 25, 2004 Whither the Catholic Catholic voters?
• August 18, 2004 Beyond the Baptist boycott
• August 11, 2004 Tools of the virtual church, Part II
• August 4, 2004 Churches of virtual believers, Part I

July 2004

• July 28, 2004 Gallup, statistics and discipleship
• July 21, 2004 Beyond XXXChurch.com
• July 14, 2004 'Ghosts' on the God beat
• July 7, 2004 Good news for Orthodox in Turkey?

June 2004

• June 30, 2004 Tmatt away, in Turkey and Greece
• June 23, 2004 SBC hits a wall on the right
• June 16, 2004 'Progressives' in the pews
• June 9, 2004 Reagan: Messiah? Antichrist? Normal mainliner?
• June 2, 2004 Hitting a nerve: News, religion, class

May 2004

• May 26, 2004 Hollywood after the Passion, Pt. II
• May 19, 2004 Movies after the Passion, Part I
• May 12, 2004 United Methodists do the math
• May 5, 2004 Stalking the anti-fundamentalist voter

April 2004

• April 28, 2004 Watching the religious left pray
• April 21, 2004 Life in the Methodist Minefield
• April 14, 2004 Year 16 -- Passionate voices on God beat
• April 7, 2004 All those Left Behind Catholics

March 2004

• March 31, 2004 Passover questions for 2004
• March 24, 2004 Facing a low-carb Lent
• March 17, 2004 Baylor, same-sex marriage and ink
• March 10, 2004 Saving the Baylor brand name
• March 3, 2004 The Passion according to Judas

February 2004

• February 25, 2004 Conservative thumbs down for 'Passion'
• February 18, 2004 The Mystery Worshippers are out there
• February 11, 2004 The Passion and the Talmud
• February 4, 2004 Terrorism, fiction and the Truth

January 2004

• January 28, 2004 That Christians For Dean www guy
• January 21, 2004 The passion of old words and symbols
• January 14, 2004 Deja vu Nativity wars
• January 7, 2004 Divided by the Creeds?

December 2003

• December 31, 2003 2003 -- Divided by the Sacraments
• December 24, 2003 What is a 'carol' anyway?
• December 17, 2003 A Caroling We (Don't) Go
• December 10, 2003 Vague faith in Middle Earth
• December 3, 2003 A Baptist take on St. Nicholas

November 2003

• November 26, 2003 Not a Catholic 'Mass factory'
• November 19, 2003 Watching Billy and the pope
• November 12, 2003 Episcopal actions, orthodox reactions
• November 5, 2003 Comic book visionaries

October 2003

• October 29, 2003 Matrix, the Apocalypse
• October 22, 2003 Presbyterian Divorce Ahead?
• October 15, 2003 Boomer bishops on the rise
• October 8, 2003 Hollywood meets the pews
• October 1, 2003 Define 'Jewish,' please

September 2003

• September 24, 2003 The testimony of Johnny Cash
• September 17, 2003 Symbols & Substance in Alabama
• September 10, 2003 Vanilla values on the DC mall
• September 3, 2003 Sept. 11 -- Dreams of St. Nicholas

August 2003

• August 27, 2003 Free speech movement, for believers on campus
• August 20, 2003 The roots of King's dream
• August 13, 2003 Catholic college culture wars
• August 6, 2003 Faith Crisis in Blogosphere

July 2003

• July 30, 2003 An Orthodox parable for today
• July 23, 2003 Harry Potter for grownup believers (of all kinds)
• July 16, 2003 Facing the Russian icons
• July 9, 2003 Church Shoppers 'R' Us
• July 2, 2003 Same-sex Anglican disunion

June 2003

• June 25, 2003 Plagiarism and the pulpit
• June 18, 2003 J.K. Rowling, Inkling?
• June 11, 2003 Glad tidings for secularists
• June 4, 2003 The modern rites of courtship

May 2003

• May 28, 2003 Father John, DC evangelist
• May 21, 2003 God-talk after The Matrix, part II
• May 14, 2003 God-talk and The Matrix I
• May 7, 2003 Touched by an urban legend

April 2003

• April 30, 2003 God, man & the U.S. Senate
• April 23, 2003 Mission? Filling hole in Hollywood
• April 16, 2003 Arabs! Jews! Lighten up!
• April 9, 2003 Irony abounds -- Year 15
• April 2, 2003 Anti-war is not enough

March 2003

• March 26, 2003 Cliffs notes for confession
• March 19, 2003 Faith, freedom, free pornography
• March 12, 2003 Postmodern Celtic Baptists
• March 5, 2003 (Pro) Life after Scheidler

February 2003

• February 26, 2003 A Hail Mary for Hollywood
• February 19, 2003 Those Anglican Hitlers in Africa
• February 12, 2003 The Gospel According to the Gospel According to books
• February 5, 2003 Edgy Orthodoxy 4 Seekers

January 2003

• January 29, 2003 Pulpits, pews and CEOs
• January 22, 2003 Years on the God Beat, part 2
• January 15, 2003 20 years on the God beat, part one
• January 8, 2003 Bleeping Baptists pray for bleeping Ozzy
• January 1, 2003 Layers of Catholic denial

December 2002

• December 25, 2002 For God's sake, let's tell the truth
• December 18, 2002 Merry tropical Christmas
• December 11, 2002 Tolkien, creation & sin
• December 4, 2002 A priest keeps his collar

November 2002

• November 27, 2002 Trying to do the Muslim math
• November 20, 2002 Spirituality in the workplace?
• November 13, 2002 Goodbye, Democrats. Hello, what?
• November 6, 2002 Worship for sale, worship for sale

October 2002

• October 30, 2002 Truckers, snipers & prayer
• October 23, 2002 Neo-traditional born-again dads
• October 16, 2002 Krispy Kreme Catholics & the Baptist Vatican
• October 9, 2002 MIA -- Spiritual fathers for spiritual sons
• October 2, 2002 Veggies attack the funny gap

September 2002

• September 25, 2002 What is NON-religion news?
• September 18, 2002 My Big, Fat, Greek Mystery
• September 11, 2002 Spirituality up, doctrine down
• September 4, 2002 High Holy Days, one year later

August 2002

• August 28, 2002 Elvis, a prodigal son?
• August 21, 2002 Missionary cohabitating, Part II
• August 14, 2002 Missionary cohabitating, Part I
• August 7, 2002 Topless culture wars in Idaho

July 2002

• July 31, 2002 Alchemy comes to Canterbury
• July 24, 2002 Yes, there is a Mitford
• July 17, 2002 Degrading the Catholic bishops
• July 10, 2002 The Church -- going, going, gone?
• July 3, 2002 The pledge of conformity

June 2002

• June 26, 2002 Trust your feelings, Darth?
• June 19, 2002 Where does the Baptist buck stop?
• June 12, 2002 A Vatican email gap?
• June 5, 2002 Religion, relief and risk in Afghanistan

May 2002

• May 29, 2002 Buddhism for sale
• May 22, 2002 Which Church of the Nativity?
• May 15, 2002 Not a rookie, at faith
• May 8, 2002 Canterbury's 'unique' statement
• May 1, 2002 It's the doctrine, stupid

April 2002

• April 24, 2002 Romeo and Juliet, born again
• April 17, 2002 Phillip E. Johnson, rabbi
• April 10, 2002 Bluebonnets, bullets, bombs & balloons -- Year 14
• April 3, 2002 'Joshua' keeps on preaching

March 2002

• March 27, 2002 Smells, bells & tension at Easter
• March 20, 2002 Next year in Jerusalem?
• March 13, 2002 Fathers, mothers & Catholic sons, Part II
• March 6, 2002 Fathers, mothers & Catholic sons, Part I

February 2002

• February 27, 2002 Pat Summerall's new life
• February 20, 2002 A Hollywood movie to remember
• February 13, 2002 Latter-day Saints and that C-word
• February 6, 2002 W Bush, classic Methodist?

January 2002

• January 30, 2002 U2 bedevils the modern church
• January 23, 2002 The Rock For Life pledge
• January 16, 2002 Gaps in the Middle East mosaic
• January 9, 2002 Heeding Tolkien's words
• January 2, 2002 Second thoughts on Christmas 2001

December 2001

• December 26, 2001 After Sept. 11 -- What good? What evil?
• December 19, 2001 O Christmas Palm, O Christmas Palm
• December 12, 2001 Happy Hanukkah, no matter what
• December 5, 2001 United we kneel?

November 2001

• November 28, 2001 A mere ripple in the pews
• November 21, 2001 The Devil and Harry Potter
• November 14, 2001 Songs for souls in hard times
• November 7, 2001 Finster -- hip, hick & holy

October 2001

• October 31, 2001 America -- a 'Christian' nation?
• October 24, 2001 England -- an alien culture
• October 17, 2001 Digging deeper than 'Where was God?'
• October 10, 2001 Buying St. Nostradamus
• October 3, 2001 Apocalyptic questions for the press

September 2001

• September 26, 2001 Saints at Ground Zero
• September 19, 2001 What comes after the anger?
• September 12, 2001 Father, forgive them
• September 5, 2001 My Generation: Hooking Up, Part II

August 2001

• August 29, 2001 Hooking up, in the silence -- Part I
• August 22, 2001 Silent guns on Religious Right
• August 15, 2001 Faith, journalism and 'the facts'
• August 8, 2001 Hypernews and the life of faith
• August 1, 2001 God, man, hobbits & Tolkien

July 2001

• July 25, 2001 Catholic vote? Which Catholic vote?
• July 18, 2001 Those online puzzles for churches
• July 11, 2001 Listening to the voices inside China
• July 4, 2001 One TV, one family

June 2001

• June 27, 2001 Satan's throne in a Church?
• June 20, 2001 Bono's crusade comes to DC
• June 13, 2001 Father Scalia's vocation
• June 6, 2001 Charlie Ward, sinner

May 2001

• May 30, 2001 Anglican World Wide Web wars, Part II
• May 23, 2001 Anglican World Wide Web wars, Part I
• May 16, 2001 Who is praying for McVeigh?
• May 9, 2001 Mother's Day for the earth mothers
• May 2, 2001 The Gray Lady's gospel crusade

April 2001

• April 25, 2001 Reading the Sporting Jews
• April 18, 2001 Year 13 -- A brand name for your soul
• April 11, 2001 Yes, Columbine was a God thing
• April 4, 2001 Working on our spiritual issues?

March 2001

• March 28, 2001 God of the Fridge
• March 21, 2001 Orlando's new Holy Land
• March 14, 2001 The Very Rev. Ted Turner speaks
• March 7, 2001 Lieberman takes faith-based leap

February 2001

• February 28, 2001 Looking for a new god? A fresh creed?
• February 21, 2001 Kosovo mourns on All Soul's Day
• February 14, 2001 Praying with the digital natives
• February 7, 2001 The Late Great Planet Hollywood

January 2001

• January 31, 2001 Learning to preach in fog
• January 24, 2001 The offering-plate rules
• January 17, 2001 Boil Ashcroft in holy oil
• January 10, 2001 Bobos 'r US
• January 3, 2001 Sin, safety, candor and free speech

December 2000

• December 27, 2000 Red states, blue states, me states, you states
• December 20, 2000 Oh joy, a Christmas vision
• December 13, 2000 Hanukkah -- freedom or death
• December 6, 2000 Martin Marty and the soul of DC

November 2000

• November 29, 2000 Faith and terror in Indonesia
• November 22, 2000 Candlestick holders in Russia
• November 15, 2000 God and man, and The Simpsons
• November 8, 2000 Mount Sinai remains on the political map
• November 1, 2000 Sex, drugs & Catholic education

October 2000

• October 25, 2000 What's so special about Jesus?
• October 18, 2000 This is not a religion story
• October 11, 2000 Prophets and politicos in the public square
• October 4, 2000 The confessions of Harry Stein

September 2000

• September 27, 2000 The Episcopalians vs. the Anglicans
• September 20, 2000 The man who didn't disappear
• September 13, 2000 Ted Turner, meet John Paul II
• September 6, 2000 Prayers in Catholic schools?

August 2000

• August 30, 2000 Meet the new Barbie, same as.....
• August 23, 2000 When did J.S. Bach find time to pray?
• August 16, 2000 A visual tower of Babel
• August 9, 2000 Sir Alec Guinness, convert
• August 2, 2000 Building a faith-based prison?

July 2000

• July 26, 2000 Billy and the anti-Billy
• July 19, 2000 Charting the sex wars, Pt. II
• July 12, 2000 Charting the sex wars, Pt. I
• July 5, 2000 Doing conjugal evangelism

June 2000

• June 28, 2000 Return to Potter's field
• June 21, 2000 A Baptist facing East
• June 14, 2000 Squinting into the entertainment future
• June 7, 2000 Doubting the death penalty

May 2000

• May 31, 2000 St. Raphael, a shepherd in America
• May 24, 2000 Are journalists getting religion?
• May 17, 2000 Faith Popcorn's spiritual cocktails
• May 10, 2000 Cracking a Capitol Catch-22
• May 3, 2000 The Turin Shroud & the Sudarium, part II

April 2000

• April 26, 2000 New questions about the shroud, part one
• April 19, 2000 An Easter question -- liar, lunatic or Lord?
• April 12, 2000 Year 12 -- Microsoft, Mozart & hell
• April 5, 2000 Why churches are silent on sex

March 2000

• March 29, 2000 Jerusalem, the in-between city
• March 22, 2000 The pope, the rabbi and a story from the past
• March 15, 2000 The gospel according to Grisham
• March 8, 2000 Bauer's sojourn in e-mail hell
• March 1, 2000 Just another Sunday at Saddleback

February 2000

• February 23, 2000 White House religion -- words and deeds
• February 16, 2000 He was God's man, not God's coach
• February 9, 2000 Because Ideas Have Consequences
• February 2, 2000 The Third World Anglicans act

January 2000

• January 26, 2000 Amish choices in Y2K
• January 19, 2000 Got those born-again feelings, again
• January 12, 2000 Just another voice on the Metro
• January 5, 2000 Intolerant Christians in the public square

December 1999

• December 29, 1999 A rose for 1999
• December 22, 1999 A Christmas mystery -- 12 days worth
• December 15, 1999 The century -- death by 'quasi-religion'
• December 8, 1999 Y2K Top 10 -- Luther meets the printing press
• December 1, 1999 Yes, there is a St. Nicholas

November 1999

• November 24, 1999 Should a Christian do a nude scene?
• November 17, 1999 A Catholic zeal for souls?
• November 10, 1999 Take the 'family' -- please.
• November 3, 1999 Harry Potter and free will, Part II

October 1999

• October 27, 1999 Harry Potter -- Is he safe?
• October 20, 1999 The drama of John Paul II
• October 13, 1999 Catholic education (wink, wink)
• October 6, 1999 Hey Bauer! WWBD?

September 1999

• September 29, 1999 Home-schoolers: The Anti-Woodstock Generation
• September 22, 1999 Travels with the battling baroness
• September 15, 1999 Mysterious echoes of gunshots
• September 8, 1999 Generation J
• September 1, 1999 Light a candle for Y2K

August 1999

• August 25, 1999 Journalism -- an awkward calling
• August 18, 1999 God is in the church-state details
• August 11, 1999 Chechen bandits with empty souls
• August 4, 1999 Caught in the Columbine crossfire

July 1999

• July 28, 1999 A monk finds mercy, one step at a time
• July 21, 1999 Faith? An issue of human rights?
• July 14, 1999 Just another story about Sudan
• July 7, 1999 Worship '99: Buy incense now...

June 1999

• June 30, 1999 Chalk one up for God?
• June 23, 1999 A new Presbyterian Reformation?
• June 16, 1999 Death of a seminary visionar
• June 9, 1999 Ignoring the shepherds of Kosovo
• June 2, 1999 Star Wars -- the only parable in town

May 1999

• May 26, 1999 The Star Wars nativity story
• May 19, 1999 The time for broken communion?
• May 12, 1999 Celebrating the feast of St. Brendan
• May 5, 1999 Beyond 'Becky Goes to Bible Camp'

April 1999

• April 28, 1999 What does it mean to be a martyr?
• April 21, 1999 A call to focus on the flocks
• April 14, 1999 Odds & sods '99: God, Van Halen & beyond
• April 7, 1999 Preparing for Pascha in Serbia

March 1999

• March 31, 1999 An American Orthodox pioneer
• March 24, 1999 Great souls, great truths
• March 17, 1999 George W. Bush learns to 'testify'
• March 10, 1999 For my father, a pastor
• March 3, 1999 Oh be careful little hands what you do

February 1999

• February 24, 1999 Lent -- Fasting from TV
• February 17, 1999 Adolph Hitler: A perverted Christian?
• February 10, 1999 Ash Wednesday for Baptists: Why not?
• February 3, 1999 Peace, justice, life & Truth

January 1999

• January 27, 1999 Sister Winifred's veil: This is not a news story
• January 20, 1999 CCM Crossroads II -- Do the math
• January 13, 1999 CCM Crossroads -- Myths, fishbowls & reality
• January 6, 1999 'Independent,' yet 'Anglican'?

December 1998

• December 30, 1998 Judgment Day for Clinton?
• December 23, 1998 Religion News '98 -- The Bible, sex & perjury
• December 16, 1998 One holiday, many angels -- on sale now
• December 9, 1998 The dilemma of the December Dilemma
• December 2, 1998 Texas Baptists face the sex wars

November 1998

• November 25, 1998 Walking with C.S. Lewis
• November 18, 1998 Veggie sales, Veggie sales
• November 11, 1998 Slavery, faith & the marketplace
• November 4, 1998 Tuning in signals from Hollywood Heaven

October 1998

• October 28, 1998 Worship Wars 1998
• October 21, 1998 What if Clinton was a famous pastor?
• October 14, 1998 Hey reporter! Are you a believer?
• October 7, 1998 Can today's church veto the saints?

September 1998

• September 30, 1998 United Methodists: Breaking up is hard to do
• September 23, 1998 Moses, Dr. Laura and the rabbi
• September 16, 1998 Dobson and Wallis sing a rare duet
• September 9, 1998 After the crash: Where is God?
• September 2, 1998 The Meaning of Life 101

August 1998

• August 26, 1998 Clinton & that loaded word 'sin'
• August 19, 1998 Lambeth II -- The threat of new missionaries
• August 12, 1998 Lambeth: Doctrine and diversity
• August 5, 1998 The church, technology and birth control

July 1998

• July 29, 1998 Ship of Fools: Laughing or crying?
• July 22, 1998 The prayers of the Romanovs
• July 15, 1998 Anglicanism's most controversial missionary
• July 8, 1998 A Catholic critic -- on the right
• July 1, 1998 Facing the 'fantasy world' of media

June 1998

• June 24, 1998 Copernicus. Galileo. Newton. Darwin. Freud. Spong?
• June 17, 1998 Big hats and black-church tradition
• June 10, 1998 Women and children first
• June 3, 1998 Who can be excused from class?

May 1998

• May 27, 1998 Define 'marriage.' Please.
• May 20, 1998 Reggie White sacks a purple dinosaur
• May 13, 1998 Martin Marty remains on call
• May 6, 1998 Rich Mullins -- Enigmatic, restless, Catholic

April 1998

• April 29, 1998 A great man from Africa
• April 22, 1998 Spring cleaning at the religion desk
• April 15, 1998 Ten years of reporting on a fault line
• April 8, 1998 Communion: Drawing doctrinal lines?
• April 1, 1998 Carter's 'We love God' resolution

March 1998

• March 25, 1998 'Titanic' -- The '60s as sacraments
• March 18, 1998 Celtic Comeback II -- seeking roots in Irel
• March 11, 1998 Celtic comeback I -- searching for roots
• March 4, 1998 The South: Heat, sweat, rust, bugs, mud and sin

February 1998

• February 25, 1998 What's next for the Promise Keepers?
• February 18, 1998 Mount Sinai on the World Wide Web
• February 11, 1998 A Baptist's Baptist in the Oval Office
• February 4, 1998 'Seeker' churches for gays and lesbians

January 1998

• January 28, 1998 The pope as Rorschach test
• January 21, 1998 The truths are out there
• January 14, 1998 Japan II -- We are the world
• January 7, 1998 Japan's lady in white

December 1997

• December 31, 1997 Part II: A journalistic blind spot
• December 24, 1997 Religion news '97 -- celebrity trumps saintliness
• December 17, 1997 Is Christmas funny, or what?
• December 10, 1997 A Traditional Christmas -- Not
• December 3, 1997 Spirit filled or Spirit fooled?

November 1997

• November 26, 1997 Beauty and the Priest
• November 19, 1997 Airing out the Promise Keepers hotel
• November 12, 1997 Growing pains in American Orthodoxy
• November 5, 1997 An anonymous voice in China

October 1997

• October 29, 1997 Lambeth '98 -- The Americans are coming!
• October 22, 1997 Persecution: The power of apathy
• October 15, 1997 The void after the High Holy Days
• October 8, 1997 The Promise Keepers Catch 22
• October 1, 1997 Catholics, evangelicals & Promise Keepers

September 1997

• September 24, 1997 The American Catholic Church on TV
• September 17, 1997 Mother Teresa -- not a 'nice' person
• September 10, 1997 Disney II: Protest or dissect?
• September 3, 1997 Disney I: Did the Baptists go far enough?

August 1997

• August 27, 1997 China, Dobson and the Grahams
• August 20, 1997 Religious liberty is messy
• August 13, 1997 Another departs the empty church
• August 6, 1997 True Love vs. the culture

July 1997

• July 30, 1997 For my father, a pastor
• July 23, 1997 Making spiritual 'Contact'
• July 16, 1997 Cracks in the Anglican Communion
• July 9, 1997 Hong Kong II: There's More to Life than $
• July 2, 1997 Silence and Tension in Hong Kong

June 1997

• June 25, 1997 China On the Front Burner
• June 18, 1997 Fox, Families and 'safe TV'
• June 11, 1997 World war II: How biased is too biased?
• June 4, 1997 The Bible and Journalism

May 1997

• May 28, 1997 A Proud Skeptic in the Pew
• May 21, 1997 Preaching to the Anti-Persecution Choir
• May 14, 1997 Breaking the Silence on Sudan
• May 7, 1997 A Musician Stuck in Orthodixie

April 1997

• April 30, 1997 The Southern Baptist Name Game
• April 23, 1997 A Unitarian Generation Gap
• April 16, 1997 My e-mail: Silly, Sobering or Both
• April 9, 1997 Is TV about to get Religion
• April 2, 1997 The Web, the Cults and the Church

March 1997

• March 26, 1997 Death, Eternal Life and Easter
• March 19, 1997 The Torah, John Grisham and the Mall
• March 12, 1997 Major Abortion News in a Pulpit
• March 5, 1997 Hollywood, TV Ratings and Religion

February 1997

• February 26, 1997 Preparing for Prayer Book 2006
• February 19, 1997 There's More to Religious Liberty than Worship
• February 12, 1997 Adultery: Grace or Gossip?
• February 5, 1997 The Architect of American Catholicism

January 1997

• January 29, 1997 George Lucas, the Force and God
• January 22, 1997 Truth is Marching?
• January 15, 1997 Carl Sagan: TV Evangelist
• January 8, 1997 Jimmy Carter and the Politics of Sin
• January 1, 1997 Oil, Blood, Money and Ink

December 1996

• December 25, 1996 Top 10 1996 Religion News Stories
• December 18, 1996 Tis the Season for Movies
• December 11, 1996 Yes, Christmas is 12 Days Long
• December 4, 1996 Bakker's Other Conspiracy

November 1996

• November 27, 1996 Hanukkah's Alight with Ironies
• November 20, 1996 Stay? Leave? Mainline Tensions, Pt. II
• November 13, 1996 Stay? Go? Four Mainline Camps, Pt. I
• November 6, 1996 John Paul vs. Darwinian Orthodoxy

October 1996

• October 30, 1996 Penthouse, the Bible & ECUSA
• October 23, 1996 Requiems on the Religious Right
• October 16, 1996 Pastors in Glass Houses
• October 9, 1996 New Church-State Storm in Colorado
• October 2, 1996 Billy Graham and the Age of Altar Calls

September 1996

• September 25, 1996 Persecution? What Persecution?
• September 18, 1996 Yom Kippur, sin and Dr. Laura
• September 11, 1996 Climbing out of CCM Purgatory
• September 4, 1996 Tips for the Truly Pro-Life

August 1996

• August 28, 1996 Where are the Catholic Voters?
• August 21, 1996 Is Your Pastor a 'Tame'?
• August 14, 1996 Rising Star on the Religious Right
• August 7, 1996 'Broad Minded' Church Growth?

July 1996

• July 31, 1996 Bathsheba at the Beach
• July 24, 1996 Snakes, Miracles and Biblical Authority
• July 17, 1996 The Human Face of Religious Persecution
• July 10, 1996 Hello World, Welcome to the Bible Belt
• July 3, 1996 Southern Baptists, Disney and Media Reality

June 1996

• June 26, 1996 Online Religion II: Net Wits Set Free
• June 19, 1996 Cyberspace Religion: Part I
• June 12, 1996 Can Reform Jews Keep the Faith?
• June 5, 1996 Sin, Repentance, and Kansas

May 1996

• May 29, 1996 Franklin Stands Up
• May 22, 1996 Christian Persecution
• May 15, 1996 No Doctrine? Call the Lawers
• May 8, 1996 Billy, Hillary, Sin, and America
• May 1, 1996 Looking For News at the Evangelical Press Association

April 1996

• April 24, 1996 Justice vs. The Worldly Wise
• April 17, 1996 Starting Year Nine: Notes and Quotes
• April 10, 1996 TV vs. Traditional Faith
• April 3, 1996 Jewish Life, Passover, and Pop Culture

March 1996

• March 27, 1996 Leighton Ford and the 'Evangelism' Debates
• March 20, 1996 Regent and the Politics of Entertainment
• March 13, 1996 Oprah, 'Babe' and Religious Liberty
• March 6, 1996 The Charismatic Episcopal Church

February 1996

• February 28, 1996 An Episcopal Catch-22
• February 21, 1996 The Church of Whatever
• February 14, 1996 Define 'Christian College' -- Please
• February 7, 1996 PK Reaches Out to Clergy

January 1996

• January 31, 1996 Hell and the Church of England
• January 24, 1996 The Religion of American Sports
• January 17, 1996 ABC: Adventures in Religion News
• January 10, 1996 How Square is Your Church?
• January 3, 1996 '95 Trends II: Public School Wars

December 1995

• December 27, 1995 '95 News and Trends I
• December 20, 1995 Looking for Jesus at the Mall
• December 13, 1995 Herschel Hobbs and the Old SBC
• December 6, 1995 Man of Mystery: St. Nick

November 1995

• November 29, 1995 Jimmy Allen, the Church and AIDS
• November 22, 1995 Peretti: Stalking His Own Image
• November 15, 1995 Rabin's Death Changes Everything
• November 8, 1995 Clinton, Hybels and Photo Ops
• November 1, 1995 Religion Haunts the Public Square

October 1995

• October 25, 1995 Contemporary Christian Music: RIP
• October 18, 1995 Life After 'Christy'
• October 11, 1995 This Pope Defies Labels
• October 4, 1995 High Holy Days Rites, Wrongs

September 1995

• September 27, 1995 A Pastoral Letter Worth Reading
• September 20, 1995 'Gideon's Torch' -- A Moral Page-Turner
• September 13, 1995 Banning Christian Colleges?
• September 6, 1995 The People's Republic of Boulder