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September 02, 2026

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IN THE NEWS

​Dolly Parton laid to rest alongside husband in Nashville​

Dolly Parton has been laid to rest, the music legend's great-niece has said. The singer had a private family funeral in Nashville on Friday, following her death earlier in the week at the age of 80. She has been placed next to her late husband, Carl...

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Holy wit: How comedians turn personal faith into perfect comedy​

Alaina Hirschi stands on a stage in Provo, Utah, ready to film her first-ever comedy special. Even on her home turf, she's a bit nervous. Hirschi was raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose members are commonly...

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Portland School Bans Christian Mom From Campus After She Opposed Trans Policies​

A mother in Portland, Oregon, was barred from attending her own son’s elementary school graduation after school officials accused her of β€œhate speech” for opposing transgender policies and distributing pamphlets critical of LGBTQ+ curriculum....

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​Moscow Bans Bibles, Christian Resources from Mission Eurasia​

Russian pastor Andre Furmanov was at home organizing his office space last May when his lawyer contacted him with a warning: Review the church library for any materials connected to Mission Eurasia or be prepared to face legal consequences...

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​What turned a weekend of worship into heartbreak at a major Christian festival?​

A pastor who died after a large sign structure collapsed at a Christian music festival in southern England has been identified by his church as Robert Guanco, a 41-year-old minister from Eastbourne, sg.news said. Church leaders said Guanco was...



FROM FAITH ON VIEW

​Breaking Out the Sacred Lunchables: Protecting the Sacredness of Communion​

Most Protestants practice two ordinances upon which we can all agree to a certain extent. My own denomination observes three ordinances, and both the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox churches count seven, although my Orthodox...

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Alligator Auschwitz and the Rhetoric of Genocide​

There has been considerable hysteria surrounding the Trump presidency this year. Honestly, from my perspective, much of it is deserved. There has been no secret about my disagreement with Trumpian politics or MAGA Christianity. But Trumpism...


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COMMENTARY

​How an F.D.N.Y. chaplain was formed by 9/11​

On Sept. 15, 2001, thousands of people gathered to mourn Mychal Judge, O.F.M., the beloved chaplain to the Fire Department of the City of New York. The Church of St. Francis of Assisi on West 31st Street in Manhattan could not hold the massive...

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How Trump Uses Dormant Laws to Amass Power​

Congress has spent the last two centuries passing laws. These laws often remain on the books, so to speak, long after their purpose has been fulfilled, until lawmakers repeal them. Occasionally, the Trump administration finds something buried within...

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The Dolly Parton Songs That Revealed Her Faith, Doubt, and Hope​

"One day as I prayed in earnest, I broke through some sort of spirit wall and found God,” Dolly Parton wrote in her 1994 autobiography. β€œNot as a chastising, bombastic bully but as a friend I could talk to on a one-to-one basis. He is our father, after all....

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​I Know Why Everybody Hates Capitalism​

I went to fetch the mail on Friday and saw one of those envelopes, never welcome, featuring the distinctive typography of forms from the Internal Revenue Service. Many of you will guess, immediately, that this was not a note from the IRS but one...

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​Who’d have thought Pence would treat a trans woman better than Trump?​

Just months into Donald Trump’s second term, after he’d declared war on transgender people on day one, more than 100 intelligence officers had been fired over conversations on an internal government chat system that included...


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GOOD NEWS

​How one Little League umpire cultivates faith on the field​

I get these and many other comments yelled at me weekly while serving as an umpire for a youth baseball league. It can be unnerving, but I am rarely the only person on the field who is stressed out. Plenty of umpires, coaches and parents...

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I Joined a Violent Chicago Gang. Then a Church Moved onto the Block.​

stood motionless in front of the mirror, filled with anger, as drugs flowed through my veins. I didn’t recognize myself. The reflection in the glass looked like a monster. I was only 18 years old but was preparing to turn myself in to the courts and begin a...


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