Laura Turner
Laura Turner is a writer and editor living in San Francisco. In addition to being a regular contributor to Christianity Today’s “Her.meneutics” blog, she has also written for publications such as Books & Culture and The Bold Italic. She is interested in the intersection of church and culture.

Why do the Covington Catholic kids get the benefit of the doubt?
(RNS) — The national conversation about the confrontation at the Lincoln Memorial should always have been how we treat Native Americans, older people, and the marginalized, not whether a white kid got a bad rap in the media.

Affairs so cliché: Other sins pastors can commit
Can’t pastors get more creative than an affair?

Stephen Colbert performs liturgical dance to “King of Glory”
Stephen Colbert dances-you won’t want to miss it.

Hillary Clinton, Nancy Reagan, and Rock Hudson on AIDS
Hillary Clinton plays political con game in praising Nancy Reagan for her work on AIDS.

Dinesh D’Souza, convicted felon, does a scare video on Hillary Clinton
The video, by a man convicted of stealing, portrays her as leading a vast dark plot to “steal America.”

Oscars 2016: The S.S. Snoozefest
A look at the best and worst dressed at the 2016 Academy Awards…with a bite

Oscars and rape culture: It can’t wait
Can “Hollywood” talk about rape culture for a minute?

Pope’s comments could help Trump with evangelicals
Few people could spin a Papal denunciation into campaign gold. Donald Trump can.

How to baptize your dog
Have you ever worried about the eternal life of your pet? Put your mind at ease.

Doritos commercial causes dustup over abortion
A bunch of people got mad about a Doritos commercial. Our expectations are too high.

Mark Driscoll rises from the ashes in Phoenix (COMMENTARY)
(RNS) Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle until he resigned in 2014, announced that he was setting up The Trinity Church in Phoenix.

Mark Driscoll rising from the ashes in Phoenix
A little humility would go a long way for ex-Mars Hill pastor Mark Driscoll.

Ted Cruz, Focus on the Family, and fear-mongering
A letter written to concerned Christians was rooted completely in fear–and it was wrong.

David Bowie’s spectacular afterlife
David Bowie was “not quite an atheist.” He could never bring himself fully to disbelief.