The powers that be tell me that I must introduce myself as the new GetReligionista.
Got news? Gamers motivated by faith
For any successful popular culture venture, you can probably find a Christian version. GodTube anyone? Firm Believer exercise tapes?
I hate goodbyes, so ... so long
CNN's religion blog ends first year
Well, it’s been about a year and a half since that first meeting in a Thai restaurant in Union Station in which I met with a GetReligion reader named Eric Marrapodi to talk about what seemed, at first, to be a logical, yet still audacious concept. Marrapodi is a CNN pro and he wanted to create a serious religion news and commentary weblog at CNN. Thus, he wanted to pick my brain a bit.
Not a normal week around these parts
This is not going to be a typical week here at GetReligion, so I thought I would let readers know what is going on and what to expect.
Tables turned: Our Sarah on 'ghosts'
When it comes to the day jobs held by your GetReligionistas, Sarah Pulliam Bailey is the team member who is probably in the most interesting, or even delicate, position.
A Sabbath for techies
Before Thursday night, my computer had not been shut down for over two weeks. I think it appreciated the last 70-or-so hours in hibernation. I know I appreciated being disconnected from it, though I did spoil anything resembling a technology fast by pulling my iPhone out of my pocket every five minutes.
Pod people: Did anyone ask the iHow question?
Angry Birds app v. meditation app
Some newspapers become obsessed with localizing just for the sake of localizing. Editors will look at something that happened in India and then get their reporters to find local Indian-Americans to comment on the issue. I know first-hand because I have been asked to do these stories in the past.