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  Musician Jenny Simmons ponders new path

  For singer/songwriter Jenny Simmons, The Becoming represents more than just the title of her debut album. It describes her personal journey of self-discovery and new beginnings.

  08/27/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Faith, family and fun spell Duck Dynasty success

  A TV show about a quirky Southern Christian family has snowballed into success, with faith and duck hunting creating a recipe for a ratings sensation on Duck Dynasty.

  08/27/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  ‘God is the best artist’ takes off on social media

  Sunrises and sunsets are inspiring religious adoration of a digital sort.

  08/27/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Walter White and The Gospel According to Breaking Bad

  Since its debut in January 2008, Breaking Bad has taken its audience on a spiritual journey—following Walt’s soul on a slow, steady descent into a hell of his own creation. As Blake Atwood writes in the new book The Gospel According to Breaking Bad, “we see Walter grow and decay at the same time.”

  08/23/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Faith Digest: Judge kills anti-Shariah law

  A federal judge struck down Oklahoma’s constitutional amendment that would have prohibited judges in the state from considering Shariah law. 

  08/22/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Many ministers saddled with seminary debt

  It no longer is unusual for seminary graduates to leave school with up to $80,000 in debt.

  08/22/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  How much should we pay the pastor?

  It may be one of the most uncomfortable—and sometimes contentious—questions in congregational life: How much should we pay our senior pastor?

  08/22/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Faith Digest: ‘Burka Avenger’ defends education for girls

  Pakistan’s new animated television series, Burka Avenger, features a female Muslim teacher in a black ninja-style burka who throws heavy books and sharp pens at men who oppose education for girls.

  08/15/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  D.C. church recalls real butler as quiet man of steady faith

  Eugene Allen served eight presidents as a White House butler, and his legendary career inspired Lee Daniels’ The Butler, a new film starring Oprah Winfrey, Jane Fonda and a host of A-list Hollywood talent.

  08/15/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Facebook fundraising scams target Christians

  Rick Warren is among the latest Christian leaders targeted by phony Facebook pages using his name to bilk money from supporters.

  08/14/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Duck Dynasty’s Uncle Si talks faith

  Viewers and ducks have a hard time resisting the call of the Robertson family, the stars of Duck Dynasty, the hit A&E television show that returns with season four this month.

  08/13/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Families renew faith after loved ones ‘visit’ heaven

  Eva Piper considered herself a shallow Christian until the accident that revitalized her faith and turned her Baptist pastor husband, Don Piper, into the best-selling author of 90 Minutes in Heaven.

  08/09/2013 - By John Rutledge