There's a reason Trump is reading a particular Bible verse today religionnews.com/2026/04/21/t...

Don Schlitz - who churned out hit after hit -- The Gambler, Forever and Ever Amen, When You Say Nothing at All -- as songwriter, often collaborating with others-- (He co-wrote some of Mary Chapin Carpenter's hits) has died - Mercy -- that man could write a song apnews.com/article/don-...

There’s been a rise of Christian pastors & leaders, known as 'Theobros,' who are vocal online & promote very traditional gender roles... It’s unlikely to draw many people to church. 'As a growth strategy...it seems to be a little dicey,' said Deckman." religionnews.com/2026/04/15/s...

There's a big debate over whether young men are flocking to church - but the big news is that young women are leading religionnews.com/2026/04/15/s...

Note: these pastors oversee the service Hegseth attends. “Under their model, voting rights would belong to the head of each household — not to individuals. Women in households led by a husband would not (vote) … women who are widowed, divorced or otherwise head of their own households would vote.”

Had a visit with Beth Moore — about her journey after leaving the SBC and why she still loves teaching the Bible religionnews.com/2026/04/10/b...

It was a hell of a Holy Week for the president religionnews.com/2026/04/06/d...

The IRS plans to work on new guidance for religious groups on how the Johnson Amendment applies, after a judge rejected a settlement that would have ended a ban on pulpit endorsements. religionnews.com/2026/03/31/b...

Not a good week for the Red Sox

Low-key big news via @bmietana.bsky.social: Judge rejects Johnson Amendment settlement, keeping ban on pastors endorsing candidates —> religionnews.com/2026/03/31/b...

The IRS wanted to let churches endorse candidates A federal judge said no religionnews.com/2026/03/31/b...

I'm just imagining the aspiring writing watching TOS of Star Trek and thinking, wow, this is too complex, too subtle, needs to be dumber.

Just saw a clip of a pastor talking about the dispute over "In Christ Alone" back in 2013-- was such an interesting story to look into back in the day religionnews.com/2013/08/06/p...

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NEWS Don Lemon and his co-defendants oppose Trump DOJ’s attempt to delay the discovery deadline to further draw out their probe. “The government made its choice, now it must live with it,” lawyer Abbe Lowell wrote, skewering feds' “charge first, investigate later” approach.

Forgot to mention: Among the faith leaders who visited the offices of Speaker Johnson and Rep. Ogles yesterday — urging Johnson to censure Ogles for his anti-Muslim remarks, and Ogles to recant* — was Rabbi David Saperstein. Saperstein is the former U.S. Ambassador-at-large for Religious Freedom.

Today at 1 PM ET, join RNA’s webinar! Free Speech, Sacred Space: What journalists should know when protest and worship collide. Register: bit.ly/FreeSpeechSacredSpace

The “writing is thinking” posting will continue until a single freaking person in Silicon Valley has figured this out

'John Perkins is probably one of the true unsung heroes in America — not in Black America, not in the church community, but in America,' said Rev. Barbara Williams-Skinner, co-founder of the Skinner Leadership Institute. religionnews.com/2026/03/13/j...

“Put your money on the counter, and no dye packs,” he told the tellers. “Hurry.” from a 2002 profile I did a church leader and his wife -- he used to sneak out of church services to call his bookie- and ended up robbing banks to pay his debts -- covchurch.org/wp-content/u...

NEW Reign of Error today, I spoke with the great @texasmonthly.bsky.social reporter @robertdownen.bsky.social about Texas GOP's escalation of Islamophobia, its centrality to the Christian nationalist agenda, and how Republicans in other states are escalating too: redcircle.com/shows/fbed71...

It's a Who's Who of Christian Nationalists because of course it is. 🤦‍♀️

A host of conservative leaders will read the entire Bible out loud in DC this April. "“We’re binge-watching Netflix and Amazon Prime and playing games all the time and not living our calling,” said one of the organizers religionnews.com/2026/03/11/e...

Spent some time with some feisty and optimistic Episcopalians religionnews.com/2026/03/06/t...

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There's been some conversation about the war on Iran and the end times. One thing to note is that there has been some move away from End Times Christian Zionism to what's known as blessing - that siding with Israel means being on God's side religionnews.com/2025/12/23/c...

Reported on some folks from a shelter near Chicago who ran a half-marathon. For them, running was a chance to take their lives back www.npr.org/2026/03/02/n...

Just an addendum to this: the presses are in Taunton, where the mayor has declared a state of emergency and asked the National Guard for help because the streets are impassable.

Via @bmietana.bsky.social at @rns.org: Hegseth frames Trump policies as 'biblical' in address to Christian broadcasters religionnews.com/2026/02/20/c...

Never had the privilege of meeting David, but I'm certain his commitment to the beat and the Religion News Association was significant based on the reflections of my mentors/friends @bmietana.bsky.social @adellembanks.bsky.social, Peter Smith. x.com/ReligionRepo... .

David Anderson changed my life 25 years ago by inviting me to freelance for RNS. Opened up all kinds of doors to my future. Was a great editor- kind, sharp with a great eyes for news Peace to his memory religionnews.com/2026/02/18/d...

Happy to be included in @bmietana.bsky.social 's article in @rns.org about @prri.org 's new survey report on the spread of Christian nationalism in all 50 states. religionnews.com/2026/02/17/r...

There's a new report on Christian nationalism - finding support among both White Christians and Christians of color. The big divide underlying the report is between folks who want to live with just Christians and those who want to live with folks of many faiths. religionnews.com/2026/02/17/r...

only watched a couple of minutes of this - been meaning to go back to it. but it's when Cruise's driver has been in a crash and he's telling whoever's listening that he needs to hear from Harry (Duvall) bc he's the voice in his helmet that helps him keep it together. (paraphrased, probably badly)

Good @rns.org piece by @ulaakuzi.bsky.social & @bmietana.bsky.social on anti-Shariah politics in DC, Texas, & Oklahoma: religionnews.com/2026/02/13/s... This form of Islamophobia also popping up elsewhere. Last month, I testified against such legislation in Missouri: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5_c...

Have been learning to play The Dutchman, a love song by the late, great Michael Smith. Just a lovely song for Valentine's Day about a pair of old lovers. Here's John Gorka's version. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFv2...

Back in 2010, a group of activists warned that Muslims were going to take over America and said Muslims have no right to freedom of religion. The courts disagreed, and these groups faded. And now the fear of Sharia law is back religionnews.com/2026/02/13/s...

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Wiley Drake was one of a kind-- an SBC gadfly who ran a shelter at his church for decades, believed in helping the poor, boycotted Disney and always spoke his mind religionnews.com/2026/02/11/w...

White Christians-- in particular Mainliners, Catholics and Evangelicals--all put Trump in the White House. Their support appears to be slipping religionnews.com/2026/02/10/w...

Support for Donald Trump has fallen among White Christians, says a new Pew report. religionnews.com/2026/02/10/w...

"No one is too loved to fail." A once-promising plan to save a small Christian college is now a cautionary tale. religionnews.com/2026/02/09/m...

A "merger of missions" was supposed to save a small Christian school. Things went badly. religionnews.com/2026/02/09/m...

Darnold is going to throw a pick soon

The Patriots came close to picking Darnold on that drive. If he keeps making those throws they will get one

Love the Malcolm Butler rang the bell before the Super Bowl. Go Pats youtu.be/U7rPIg7ZNQ8?...

And it’s 2001 and a young QB has the Patriots in the Super Bowl after winning a snow game www.nytimes.com/athletic/702...

Just a quick reminder that White Catholics and Mainliners, as well as Hispanic Protestants, played a key role in returning Trump to the White House, especially in swing states, where there are few evangelicals. religionnews.com/2024/11/06/w...

The Jesus-friendly Super Bowl ad takes on the noise of online influencer culture - a big change from the "can't we all get along" tone of earlier ads. religionnews.com/2026/02/04/j...

The new pro-Jesus He Gets Us ad hopes to cut through "the noise of life" religionnews.com/2026/02/04/j...