by Kimberly Winston | Oct 13, 2010 | News
(RNS) When comedian Stephen Colbert brought his act to Capitol Hill last month and stole the spotlight with his satirical shtick, no one was more surprised than lawmakers. “You run your show,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers scolded him, “we run the...
by Peggy Fletcher Stack and The Salt Lake Tribune | Oct 13, 2010 | News
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) If a group of Orthodox Christians meeting in Salt Lake City this week (Oct. 14-16) has its way, future generations of Greek, Serbian, Russian and other ethnic faithful all will worship together in a single American church. A unified church would...
by Whitney Jones | Oct 13, 2010 | News
(RNS) Two federal courts have issued strong defenses of religious expression in two separate decisions, one involving a teenager’s nose piercing and the other a license plate. Ariana Iacono, a freshman at Clayton (N.C.) High School, was allowed to return to class on...
by Tim Townsend and The St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Oct 12, 2010 | News
TRENTON, Ill. (RNS) On a recent autumn night, about 100 people gathered in the parking lot of Grace Community Baptist Church here, listening to the Rev. Sam Childers talk about heroin addiction, biker gangs and African warlords. Mostly, though, the man who calls...
by Steve Rabey | Oct 12, 2010 | News
(RNS) Fans of Christian music and books may see a divine hand at work in bringing together all-star talent for the “Make a Difference” tour that’s scheduled to hit 20 U.S. cities by Oct. 30. But there’s a more pragmatic reason the A-list stars are sharing the same...
by Adelle M. Banks | Oct 12, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Six months after advisers turned in 164 pages of recommendations to the White House’s faith-based office, thorny church-state questions remain unanswered and some critics say the office has been used to push the president’s health care reform. Much of...
