The Papal Prayer Machine
With Twitter, there is just the right mix of calculable dissemination and mystery. You know who has retweeted or favorited your prayer, but what of the followers of the followers of the followers who...
View ArticleWomen to Pray for the First Time in April LDS World Meeting
Another non-doctrinal barrier to Mormon gender equality falls.
View ArticleWhy President Obama Should Not Visit the Western Wall
While the Western Wall remains under the administration of a state-sponsored religious entity that prohibits the free worship of its citizens, President Obama should not visit the site. To do so would...
View ArticleHistoric Prayer by Woman at LDS General Conference Signals Growing Concern...
“More progress in the last six months than in the last sixty years.”
View ArticleJames Foley Prayed, But He Was Not a Martyr
One of many of the unbecoming habits of career non-believers is the mockery of prayer....
View ArticleWest Virginia Mayor Enlists Churches To Pray Away Drugs and Crime
Huntington, West Virginia Mayor Steve Williams thinks he has a solution to the scourge of...
View ArticleThe NFL’s Prayer Problem
Kansas City Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah was penalized last night for praying in the end...
View Article‘I Don’t Buy It’: The Gospel According to Frank Underwood
With bonus: 12 Quotes from the Underwood Bible
View ArticleWhy The Church Can’t Stop Gun Violence
Last night, as news of the shootings in San Bernardino was being digested, the Twitterverse...
View ArticleAct, Pray, Tweet: What the H*ll To Do About Gun Violence?
We’re now averaging more than one mass shooting per day, The Washington Post reported last...
View ArticleHow Not to Oppose the National Day of Prayer
Today is the National Day of Prayer in the United States, an annual day of...
View ArticlePredatory Prayer: When Does “Please” Not Mean “Please”?
Is it possible to coerce someone to pray? Is it still coercion if you say please?...
View ArticleI Don’t Think “Thoughts and Prayers” Means What You Think it Means: A...
The sudden birth and development of the #NEVERAGAIN movement, led by students who survived the...
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