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Weekend Plug-in 🔌 Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Subscribe now to get this column delivered straight to your inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. at therossnews@gmail.com. HOUSTON — Finally, I scooped David Duncan — and with news involving his own church. Duncan, who […]
Speaking of which, my friend Dan Williams, a retired preacher, professor and marriage therapist who lives in Tennessee, noted that nearly every congregation has a “cat lady.” He joked that he told one such woman that “dogs will go to heaven, and cats will go the other direction.” “When she started to protest, I said: […]
New York Times religion writers Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham offered this post-election assessment: While politicians have often invoked God or cited passages from the Bible to make their case, the country is entering a new landscape, one where Mr. Trump is not only the leader of the Republican Party but also the de facto […]
Weekend Plug-in 🔌 Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Subscribe now to get this column delivered straight to your inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. at therossnews@gmail.com. (ANALYSIS) For a journalist, Election Night typically means tight deadlines and pizza. And, in my […]
Weekend Plug-in 🔌 Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Subscribe now to get this column delivered straight to your inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. at therossnews@gmail.com. (ANALYSIS) “Would you like fries with that?” Who knew that question might play a role […]
Weekend Plug-in 🔌 Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Subscribe now to get this column delivered straight to your inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. at therossnews@gmail.com. OKLAHOMA CITY — I’ve helicoptered across Israel and cruised past “Moose Crossing” signs on an […]