Thanks to technological advances, we have all sorts of ways to try to bring life into this world and to prevent life from going out of this world.
When doctors die
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Debunking 'the Amish Bernie Madoff' theme
You probably won’t find many themes of forgiveness in your average ponzi scheme story. But when you’re writing about âthe Amish Bernie Madoff,â it’s likely too difficult to ignore them.
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Religion reporters: The 0.7 percent
Last year, we were nearly giddy over a report that showed religion news had doubled … to 2 percent of overall media coverage. Hey, we’ll take it. In 2011, sadly, we did not see the same level of religion coverage in the press.
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A 'quieter battle' over ... gay marriage and ordination
If you watch internal church debates, you know that nothing gets people riled up more than just about anything to do with sex: premarital sex, homosexuality, you name it. People feel quite passionately about these issues, enough to part ways with one another. So I laughed out loud when I read a line from a piece published in New York Times about a “quieter battle” being waged within churches over gay marriage and gay ordination.
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The Jeremy Lin factor
Jeremy Lin’s winning streak may have ended Friday, but he picked right back up today with 28 points and 14 assists during the Knicks’ win against the Mavericks.
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Luo on Linsanity, faith and ethnicity
Linsanity is alive and well tonight as Jeremy Lin gave New York a nice Valentine’s Day present: a last-second three-pointer to nail the Knicks’ win over the Raptors.
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Jeremy Lin, the Knicks' Tim Tebow?
This morning I asked my sports reporter husband if he knew who Jeremy Lin was. He laughed and responded: “Do you know who Billy Graham is?” Feeling a little silly, I started reading up on the couch-surfing basketball star who is apparently taking the world by storm, or at least the NBA. “Forget Tebowing,” the Associated Press says. “Linsanity is the new sports sensation.”
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A one-sided account of a general's withdrawal
Yesterday, a retired general was supposed to speak at a prayer breakfast but withdrew after backlash from various groups. This piece from the New York Times covering Lt. Gen William Boykin’s withdrawal has been sitting in my guilt file because of the complexities involved.
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A vague resurrection
With books like “Heaven is for Real” on the New York Times bestseller list, it’s no wonder reporters might gravitate toward stories of death, resurrection, heaven and everything else that touches the topic. A reader sent us a piece that neglects to mention quite a few details in trying to retell a resurrection-like story.
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