Author: Emily Mcfarlan Miller
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New Bible app creates online community for progressive Christians
Images from the new Our Bible app, which caters to LGBTQ Christians, their friends, family and allies. Images courtesy of Our Bible Images from the new Our Bible app, which caters to LGBTQ Christians, their friends, family and allies. Images courtesy of Our Bible
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Trump’s first-year report card: How’d he do on issues important to evangelicals?
Illustration courtesy of Creative Commons Illustration courtesy of Creative Commons
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Protestant, Muslim, Atheist, Jew: 4 leftist perspectives a year into Trump’s presidency
Michael Ciaglo, The Gazette Max Perry Mueller, clockwise from top left, Jamila Khan, Andrew Miller, and Alice Shairzay.
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The nones — and nuns — are alright in Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’
Actors Saoirse Ronan, left, and Lucas Hedges in a scene from Lady Bird. Photo courtesy of Grace Hill Media Actors Saoirse Ronan, left, and Lucas Hedges in a scene from Lady Bird. Photo courtesy of Grace Hill Media
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Mormons expect more of the same with a new church leader
With the recent death of its prophet and president Thomas S. Monson, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will name a new “prophet, seer and revelator.” But scholars and church members don’t expect a new direction for the church with a new president — universally expected to be Russell M. Nelson, most senior…
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RNS Best of 2017: All the president’s clergy: A close look at Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ ties with evangelicals
Jared Kushner, middle left, senior adviser to the president, stops by a White House listening session with pastor Paula White, middle right, and other evangelical leaders, hosted by the Office of Public Liaison on July 27, 2017. Others present include Johnnie Moore, Jennifer Korn, Ronnie Floyd, Mac Brunson, Jack Graham, Greg Laurie and Skip Heitzig.…
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RNS Best of 2017: Women bloggers spawn an evangelical ‘crisis of authority’
EDITORS’ NOTE: As the year draws to a close, it’s a time of reflection. This week, Religion News Service is proud to highlight several top stories by our staff, including Emily Millers look at the growing reach of Christian women on line (RNS) When Sarah Bessey started blogging in 2005, she saw it as a…
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Christian DACA recipients dream of another Christmas in the U.S.
CHICAGO (RNS) — When Yuriana Aguilar gathers for the holidays with her family in California, the celebration revolves around food. On Christmas Eve, they’ll open presents and maybe watch a Christmas special on TV. But mostly it’s about tamales and pork ribs in red sauce and homemade tortillas — lots of tortillas. For New Year’s,…
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Everything you didn’t know about Christmas
(RNS) — You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen. You know Martin Luther invented the Christmas tree, and Queen Victoria and Prince Albert popularized it. You know the Christmas holiday has strayed from its religious roots and observances. But, author Judith Flanders says, “Anything you think you know about Christmas is wrong. “No,…
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Founder of nation’s largest Christian music festival charged with child molestation
Pastor Harry Thomas, co-founder of Creation Fest, listens to a speaker in this file photo from 2011. Photo courtesy of LNP Media Group Justin David Graybill/Staff