The Price of Religious Advocacy in D.C.

More religious groups are spending more money on political lobbying than ever before.

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Go Figure

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The Other Prodigal Son

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A Rueful Meditation

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My Top 5 Silent Movies

Frederica Mathewes-Green, CT film critic (with a nod to 2011's The Artist)

Finding God in the Sewers

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Review

Schoolhouse Divided

Matt Reynolds

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Bobby Ross Jr.

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Passages

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Pink Stink: Komen Drops Planned Parenthood Support

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Quotation Marks

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Mark Moring

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People want relationship without tension. Genuine intimacy requires more.

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David Giordano

God calls ministers who are afraid to make eye contact—not just ones who sparkle with personality.

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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

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