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NPR editor Uri Berliner resigns after essay accusing outlet of liberal bias

April 17, 2024

A senior business editor at National Public Radio has resigned after writing an essay for an online news site published last week accusing the outlet of a liberal bias in its coverage. In a Wednesday post on X, Uri Berliner included a statement in what he said was

I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust.

April 9, 2024

You know the stereotype of the NPR listener: an EV-driving, Wordle-playing, tote bag–carrying coastal elite. It doesn’t precisely describe me, but it’s not far off. I’m Sarah Lawrence–educated, was raised by a lesbian peace activist mother, I drive a Subaru, and Spotify says my listening habits

Resurrection in Narnia

April 5, 2024

Almost exactly a year ago, during last year’s Easter Octave, I wrote an essay focusing on themes of resurrection to be found in classic literature. Beginning with Tolkien’s invention of the word eucatastrophe to signify the sudden joyous turn in a story, we considered the Resurrection of Christ as

March 11, 2024

NEW YORK — Are faith-based projects such as “The Chosen” not considered for secular awards because of anti-Christian bias? Well, it’s complicated. The faith-based film industry has been around in its modern incarnation for 20 years now — if you count the start with “The

What Toby Keith Taught Us About the Songs We Need

February 12, 2024

He should’ve been a cowboy. He should’ve learned to rope and ride. But he didn’t. Toby Keith learned instead how to sing and to write and to perform. He was so good at it that when he sang “How Do You Like Me Now?!” (about

GetReligion: Farewell, after 20 years: Why we did what we did

February 6, 2024

If you know anything about world religions, then you know that Easter is a big deal in Christianity. In Eastern Orthodox churches, the Big Idea is stated this way, over and over, in rites for Pascha (Easter): “Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down

Martin Scorsese is making a Jesus film. Here’s what we know

January 18, 2024

In May of last year, Martin Scorsese announced that he was planning to make a film about Jesus. This was a surprise, especially in light of the fact that Scorsese had already made one film with Jesus as the subject, 1988’s The Last Temptation of

Musical siblings create kids’ show to embed the faith

January 10, 2024

Over the past 19 years, siblings Annie, Alex, Benjamin, Gretchen, Jeremiah and Camille Wolaver have hit it big in the Christian arts scene as the Annie Moses Band. The classical crossover group has performed in spaces as diverse as Carnegie Hall and the Grand Ole

It’s a Wonderful Film — Yes, the Best Ever

December 28, 2023

Asked in an interview recently to name my favorite Christmas movie, I went through the usual routine of naming several candidates — new and old, mostly black and white — before inevitably getting to the point, the undeniable, the obvious: Frank Capra’s 1946 masterpiece, It’s

Scrooge on Screen

December 20, 2023

I confess to being an unabashed aficionado of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It was one of the “twelve great books” included in my book of that title and was on the list of 100 great works I compiled at the conclusion of my book, Literature: What