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Friday’s Religion News Roundup: gay baptism; gay marriage in Maryland; black atheists `come out’
There's a new kind of Mormon baptism (and Salt Lake City likely won't be amused) and a tragic kind of baptism at an Indiana church. Fidel Castro may come back to Mother Rome, and Southern Baptists say "no thanks" to a BUBBA name.
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Fans to be shut out of Whitney Houston’s church funeral
NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) With TV trucks and camera crews clogging the streets and thousands of fans hoping for a glimpse of the event, Whitney Houston's family has decided that no one but invited guests will get near her church funeral on Saturday. By James Queally and Peggy McGlone.
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Marvin Winans to lead private funeral for Whitney Houston
“God allows a time for people to leave his Earth,” Newark native Jethro Townes said, recalling the recent death of Etta James and the loss of Michael Jackson in 2009. “But if you look at what has happened over the past few years, God has a great choir now.”
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Whitney Houston’s church mourns her death
NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) Anyone who knew Whitney Houston understands that her talent came from one place, the God she served at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark. This is where it all started for its daughter, where she was the darling of the choir as a child who left people speechless, belting outgospel songs and hymns. By Barry Carter.
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Monday’s Religion News Roundup: Minaj a-huh?; Catholic bishops retrench; B16 suit dropped
Oh America, you are so weird.
At the Grammys last night, LL Cool J opened with a pretty nice prayer for the late Whitney Houston, the addled pop star who got her start in a New Jersey Baptist church choir.
(Israel's Black Hebrew community said it is also mourning the loss of Whitney Houston, whom their leader called "his spiritual daughter.")
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Friday’s Roundup: Drive-thru edition
A quick drive-thru tour of the contraception debate, on your way to a drive-thru funeral home (!!!!) where you may find the former archbishop of Philadelphia but hopefully not the pope.
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Mormons confront ‘epidemic’ of online misinformation
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) "The problem is not so much the discovery of particular details that are deal breakers for the faithful; the problem is a loss of faith and trust in an institution that was less than forthcoming to begin with."
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Gay bishop documentary ‘Love Free or Die’ takes center stage at Sundance
"If my story can help a young boy or girl in their teens believe they can have a wonderful and productive life and family," says the Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop, V. Gene Robinson, "then it's worth my putting up with a film crew following me around for two years in order to comfort and inspire them."
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Megadeth star David Ellefson takes thrash metal—and seminary—on tour
CLAYTON, Mo. (RNS) David Ellefson was an honest-to-God founding member of the legendary thrash metal band Megadeth. And his studies at a Lutheran seminary here illustrate why distance-learning programs are increasingly popular as seminarians don't have to uproot their lives to attend. For Ellefson, his new quest for the ministry is also about a peculiar foray through the apparent contradictions of rock and religion.
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Tuesday Godbytes: I Have a Tweet; Tebowing Gets Violent; Revolutionary Music
Happy (belated) Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Seminary students: ever wondered how MLK put together his sermons? Well wonder no more -- apparently he made up a lot of them on the fly. Yeah, he was that good.
MLK was, of course, a Christian. But, as the Houston Chronicle points out, deep...
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