Coming to Jesus with #Joelosteen
Posted Monday, May 7, 2012 in Politics & Religion
Late last month, I watched thousands of people come to Christ.
Kinda.
I saw it while sitting April 29 in the Nationals Stadium press box with Joel Osteen’s social media team. Without much heavy lifting, the reigning Christian king of hope attracted…
Obama Pastor Jeremiah Wright’s Message for Young Christians
Posted Monday, May 7, 2012 in Politics & Religion
Jeremiah Wright: Lightning rod. Jeremiah Wright: Youth leader?
The lightning rod pastor has been largely out of the public eye in recent years, but on Tuesday will be addressing a conference in DC about how to reach young Christians who have drifted f…
Obama Pastor Jeremiah Wright’s Message for Young Christians
Posted Monday, May 7, 2012 in Politics & Religion
Jeremiah Wright: Lightning rod. Jeremiah Wright: Youth leader?
The lightning rod pastor has been largely out of the public eye in recent years, but on Tuesday will be addressing a conference in DC about how to reach young Christians who have drifted f…
Georgetown’s Kathleen Sebelius Invitation Called a ‘direct Challenge’ to Bishops
Posted Monday, May 7, 2012 in Politics & Religion
It’s May. The graduation gowns are flowing. Families are flocking to campuses, digital cameras in hand, ready to document what has now become an annual ritual of higher education: It’s commencement speaker controversy season.
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Why the Catholic Vote Matters in 2012 — in One Map.
Posted Monday, May 7, 2012 in Politics & Religion
We wrote last week that Catholics may be the ultimate 2012 bellwether as they have bounced back in between the two parties over the past decade and, almost always, wound up voting for the winner.
One of the main reasons that Catholics tend to function…
Confronting Sebelius And Georgetown: Those Who Disrupted Obama At Notre Dame Will Be At Georgetown for Sebelius
Posted Monday, May 7, 2012 in Politics & Religion, Top Religion News
“I was arrested at Notre Dame for protesting Obama’s speech; You can bet my friends and I will be at Georgetown…and probably end up in jail.” — Missy Smith, Society for Truth and Justice.
Contact: Juan Lepanto, 304-289-3700
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Counter Islamists And Islam: The New Religious Opposition
Posted Sunday, May 6, 2012 in Politics & Religion
“They can do good and they can do bad – but they’re just Muslims. They are not Islam.”
And with that, the man summed up his talk about the different Islamist movements in Egypt. His talk had been intense – perhaps better described as vir…
‘The Avengers’: Good, Evil And Politics
Posted Sunday, May 6, 2012 in Politics & Religion
“We’re not a team, we’re a time bomb,” says thoughtful Dr. Bruce Banner, whose rage sometimes unfortunately turns him into a green, killing monster called the Hulk. Marvel’s ‘The Avengers,’ based on the comic books, is breaking box offi…
D.C. Jewish Music Festival Has Hip-hop Flavor in Its 13th Year
Posted Saturday, May 5, 2012 in Politics & Religion
Judaism and hip-hop. To some, the word association may seem odd or even contradictory. But an array of young Jewish musicians aims to change that perception. Whether Orthodox, Hasidic or Reform, hip-hop artists performing in the Washington Jewish Musi…