Bob CollinsRep. Stephanie Borowicz, a Republican from rural Pennsylvania, insists she was just praying when she led the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Monday in what appeared to be a broadside against non-Christians. Read more →
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Tag: Religion
Beer is a religion in these parts so maybe Del Hall, of the Cincinnati Halls, is onto something. Read more →
There was a time, whippersnappers, when we couldn’t go shopping on Sunday in these parts. The churches ruled retail, at least on that day. Basically, we were then what North Dakota is now. Read more →
In a stand against bigotry, rabbis and imams rode bikes together in Berlin. Read more →
The Hutchinson Ecumenical Ministerial Association is out as coordinators of prayer before Hutchinson City Council meetings, ending — for now — an ongoing controversy in the city over prayer and politics. Read more →
White, old, bearded. That’s the image that those who believe in God often see when they imagine him/her/it.
Or so we’re told. But maybe not. Read more →
Ahmed Burhan’s victory caps a recent pattern of Americans doing better in the competition in recent years, according to Gulf News, which says this is the first time someone from the United States has won the prize, worth about $68,000. Read more →
By a 3-to-2 vote, Hutchinson City Council members rejected calls to replace a prayer by Christian pastors with a moment of silence. Read more →
The reaction a Brooklyn Park church is getting for spreading some interdenominational love is jaw-dropping, even when viewed by 2018 standards. Read more →
Santa Fe isn’t new to being at the center of national attention and it knows a lot about prayers. It’s where school prayer at high school football games met its end. Read more →
The image of Jesus has been seen in potato chips, banana peels, french toast and now the flames of Fargo. Read more →
Pele, the volcano goddess, has not yet been satisfied with the offerings placed before the advancing lava in Hawaii. Read more →
It says something about the times we live in that a man of faith being treated courteously is front page news, but it is in Alexandria, Minn., because Rashed Ferdous got a warmer reception than the last time he was in town. Read more →
Did a prayer for the poor get a Jesuit priest run out of the U.S. Capitol? The chaplain of the House of Representatives, Rev. Patrick Conroy, was forced to resign by Speaker Paul Ryan, NBC reports. Ryan isn’t talking, but GOP and Democratic representatives think it has something to do with this prayer, offered as Read more →
Sharmake Mohamed, of Moorhead, is looking for work. He’s afraid of the railroad workers he transported for a living because they, apparently, are afraid of him. Read more →