All Stories by Bobby Ross Jr.
Weekend Plug-in: June 12, 2020
By Bobby Ross Jr. — June 12, 2020
(RNS) — Guns at church, the rituals of dying and other top headlines from this week in religion news.
Weekend Plug-in: May 29, 2020
By Bobby Ross Jr. — May 29, 2020
(RNS) — Analysis, insights and top headlines from the world of faith produced by Religion Unplugged.
Weekend Plug-in: May 22, 2020
By Bobby Ross Jr. — May 22, 2020
Editor’s note: “Weekend Plug-in,” featuring analysis, insights and top headlines from the world of faith, is produced by Religion Unplugged. (RNS) — Culture wars, meet the coronavirus. In the nation’s latest religious freedom battle, church leaders in numerous states — from New York to Oregon — are clashing with governors over how and when to resume in-person gatherings. […]
Weekend Plug-in: May 15, 2020
By Bobby Ross Jr. — May 15, 2020
Editor’s note: “Weekend Plug-in,” featuring analysis, insights and top headlines from the world of faith, is produced by Religion Unplugged. Like so many of her devoted readers, I miss the stellar journalism of Rachel Zoll, longtime national religion writer for The Associated Press. But I have positive news to report about Zoll, who was diagnosed with brain cancer […]
Weekend Plug-in: May 8, 2020
By Bobby Ross Jr. — May 8, 2020
(RNS) — Analysis, insights and top headlines from the world of faith is produced by Religion Unplugged.
Weekend Plug-in: May 1, 2020
By Bobby Ross Jr. — May 1, 2020
(RNS) — Analysis, insights and the week's top headlines from the world of faith, from Religion Unplugged.
Weekend Plug-in: April 24
By Bobby Ross Jr. — April 27, 2020
(RNS) — Analysis, insights and top headlines from the world of faith from Religion Unplugged.
Texas church grieves, prays, sings after deadly shooting
By Bobby Ross Jr. — December 31, 2019
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas (RNS) — 'There is evil in this world, and evil took two of my dear friends yesterday,' minister Britt Farmer told congregants Monday. 'Not a bullet from a gun — evil. Not ideology — evil.'