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A brand new Prince song called “WHAT IF” emerged on a Louisville, Kentucky radio station WFPK in advance of a two-night sold out shows. The song is a collaboration with his backing band 3RDEYEGIRL. It’s a cover of a song by Christian … Continue reading →

Great analysis on House of Cards from veteran religion journalist Cathleen Falsani. She is now writing Religion Dispatches from the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California. “There are many things that Netflix’s House of Cards can do — and do … Continue reading →

By Steve Beard The first of several pivotal scenes in the film Selma occurs when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. makes a late night phone call to gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. The undeniable weight of what lay ahead … Continue reading →

  Find out more about the Roller Derby exhibition at the Bullock Museum in Austin, Texas. From the website: “Though originally founded in Chicago in the 1930s, today’s fast, high-impact incarnation was founded in Austin in 2001 before spreading throughout … Continue reading →

L. Kent Wolgamott, Lincoln Journal Star In 1957, “Here’s Little Richard” was the first album from the Quasar of Rock, the Originator, the Architect of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Fifty-five years later, “Here’s Nikki Hill” introduced the Southern Fireball, the new … Continue reading →

Check out the lessons Scott Erickson learned about beauty and truth while he was the artist in residence at Ecclesia Church in Houston, Texas.      

There’s an untold backstory of aloha—a Hawaiian word meaning compassion, peace and love—that runs through the Selma-to-Montgomery marches in Alabama, 50 years ago. In photos of the 54-mile third march from Selma to Montgomery on March 21, 1965, Martin Luther … Continue reading →

By Steve Beard The first of several pivotal scenes in the film Selma occurs when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. makes a late night phone call to gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. The undeniable weight of what lay ahead … Continue reading →

“I have not been public about my faith,” confesses Ana Marie Cox, the snarky left-wing blogger who goes by Wonkette. “I am somewhat tempted to embrace the punk-rockness of being a progressive, feminist, tattooed, pro-choice, graduate-educated believer—and then I have … Continue reading →