Religion Dispatches
Years ago a mother told me a story about her young son who liked to play cowboys and church, his very own role-playing game. One day she overheard him reenacting Jesus summoning Lazarus from the tomb; the little boy, toy gun in each hand, shouted, “Lazarus, come out with your hands…
Read MoreNew Louisiana law allows armed “security forces” to carry concealed weapons in houses of worship.
Read MorePrayer proclamation signed two years to the day after Louisiana governor signed anti-science education law.
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With budgets slashed, corrections officials are struggling to reduce the recidivism rate among ex-offenders. Chuck Colson’s new program steps into the breach, and hopes to bring down the wall separating church and state to help ex-offenders stay out of prison.
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