Jonathan Woodward
Jonathan Woodward is the podcast producer at Religion News Service.
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RNS Morning Report: Craig Groeschel Quarantined; India’s Citizenship Law; EXLLDM Subreddit
By Jonathan Woodward — March 5, 2020
Pastor Craig Groeschel. Photo courtesy of Life.Church
RNS Morning Report: New Book for Christian Voters; Greear, Suleiman at NC College; Tornado Recovery
By Jonathan Woodward — March 4, 2020
Eugene Cho. Courtesy photo
RNS Morning Report: Vatican Soccer Tournament; Alternative Lent Practices; HRC and Election Season
By Jonathan Woodward — March 3, 2020
Pope Francis plays with a soccer ball as he meets players of the Clericus Cup, a soccer tournament by teams of Catholic seminarians in Rome, at the end of his weekly general audience, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Photo courtesy of Clericus Cup
RNS Morning Report: Shiite Muslim National Conference; ASL Bible; Sanctuary Refugee’s Plight Ends
By Jonathan Woodward — March 2, 2020
Laila Tauqeer at Harvard University’s Smith Campus Center. RNS photo by Aysha Khan
Satanic pregnancies and other misconceptions
By Jonathan Woodward — February 28, 2020
Spiritual advisor to President Trump Paula White was recently filmed in her church giving a sermon that employed idiosyncratic and fiery rhetoric. What is the new language of spiritual warfare? Where is it coming from, and where is it taking us? Andre Gagne is Associate Professor in the Theological Studies Department of Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. His […]
RNS Morning Report: Coronavirus Upends Lent; Sanders on Poverty; Ohio Religious Apparel Bill
By Jonathan Woodward — February 28, 2020
A couple wearing face masks stroll outside St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on Feb. 27, 2020. Clusters of coronavirus outbreaks in northern Italy have stoked fears throughout Italy and Europe. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
RNS Morning Report: Rev. David Kennedy on Film; London’s New Faith Hub; Elizabeth Warren’s Pastor
By Jonathan Woodward — February 27, 2020
Michael Burden, left, and the Rev. David Kennedy stand in front of Echo Theater in Laurens, South Carolina. The theater formerly housed the Redneck Shop, a white supremacist store and meeting place, which closed in 2012. Photo courtesy of 101 Studios
RNS Morning Report: Paczki Day in Chicago; Welcoming Bishop Rojas; Chinese Churches Fight COVID-19
By Jonathan Woodward — February 26, 2020
A customer selects paczki from displays at Kolatek’s Bakery, Tuesday morning, Feb. 25, 2020, in Chicago. RNS photo by Emily McFarlan Miller
RNS Morning Report: Solidarity over Segregation; Mediterranean Unity; Mark MacArthur Charged
By Jonathan Woodward — February 25, 2020
Attendees mingle before the start of the 2018 Nehemiah Action Assembly at Notre Dame d’Haiti Catholic Church in March 2018 in Miami. Photo by Micah Fae Photography
RNS Morning Report: NYPD Spying Program; Vaccine Exemption Bill; Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani
By Jonathan Woodward — February 24, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg at a campaign event on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
The voice of the Bible: Narrator Stephen Johnston
By Jonathan Woodward — February 21, 2020
Stephen Johnston has narrated and sold more translations of the Bible than any other person in history. After he graduated college with a bachelor’s degree in radio and television, he planned on becoming a news announcer. However, in 1976, he was approached about narrating the New Testament on cassette. The rest is scripture. Johnston has […]
RNS Morning Report: ELRC Review; Olivet U., Publishers Plead Guilty; Abuse Survivors Demonstrate
By Jonathan Woodward — February 20, 2020
Russell Moore, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), gives a report during the final session of the two-day Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting on June 13, 2018 in Dallas. Photo by Kathleen Murray via Baptist Press
RNS Morning Report: White Christian Voters; “Tolton: From Slave to Priest”; Census Interfaith Summit
By Jonathan Woodward — February 20, 2020
Democratic presidential candidates from left; former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont; Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota; and businessman Tom Steyer participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate Feb. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
RNS Morning Report: Moore, ERLC Face Scrutiny; Jewish Democratic Candidates; Raid at Vatican
By Jonathan Woodward — February 19, 2020
Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, speaks June 12, 2019, in Birmingham, Alabama. RNS photo by Butch Dill
RNS Morning Report: Vote Common Good Rally; Cathedral Light Show; Gender and the Catholic Church
By Jonathan Woodward — February 18, 2020
Doug Pagitt, center, speaks during a Vote Common Good rally at a United Church of Christ in Fresno, California, on Jan. 19, 2020. Video screengrab
