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Tag: Religion

Politics

Hutchinson, Minn., considers dropping religion from public meetings

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 2, 2018, 9:48 AM Apr 2, 2018
9 Comments

In Hutchinson, Minn., the City Council holds a moment of silence if pastors aren’t available to provide an invocation for meetings. Read more →

Economy

With pension plan out of money, Diocese retirees worry

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 12, 2018, 8:10 AM Mar 12, 2018
20 Comments

Employees of the Diocese of La Crosse had faith that their pension plan would help them retire. It won’t. The Diocese has canceled the pension program and will cut a one-time check for the workers instead. Read more →

Politics

Willmar confronts its ugly underbelly

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 5, 2017, 9:14 AM Dec 5, 2017
20 Comments

Willmar City Council member Ron Christianson didn’t show up at last night’s Council meeting where his constituents were to speak about Christianson’s social media commentary on Muslims in the community.
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This or That

In Sweden, God is no longer a ‘he’

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 24, 2017, 11:30 AM Nov 24, 2017
8 Comments

The Church of Sweden has decided that God is beyond human form and so it will no longer refer to … him… as …. him or he. Read more →

This or That

Church visitors dragged out after objecting to female pastor

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 15, 2017, 10:50 AM Nov 15, 2017
24 Comments

Perhaps in years past a couple of guys who didn’t think women belonged in the pulpit of a church would be a minor nuisance, but one can hardly blame the parishioners of a Dickinson, N.D., church for quickly throwing them out. Read more →

Health

Health care and religion on collision course in flu shot mandate

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 5, 2017, 8:19 AM Nov 5, 2017
7 Comments

A hospice volunteer in Itasca County doesn’t want a flu shot and she may lose her volunteer job if she doesn’t get one.
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This or That

Dairy Queen advises customers: Christian music played here

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 14, 2017, 10:32 AM Sep 14, 2017
51 Comments

It’s simple, really. If you’re offended by a business playing Christian music, don’t walk through the front door of the Dairy Queen in Kewaskum, Wis.
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Crime and Justice

Muslim women see a different America

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 7, 2017, 10:44 AM Aug 7, 2017
12 Comments

If you’re a reasonable person, Rowda Asad’s comment to MPR reporter Doualy Xaykaothao in the aftermath of the weekend bombing of the Islamic Center in Bloomington was a gut punch.
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Crime and Justice

After Islamic center bombing, a time to follow

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 6, 2017, 8:44 AM Aug 6, 2017
24 Comments

Even if this bombing turns out not to be a crime of hate, there have been plenty that have and it’s going to take more than leading to stop the march toward sectarian violence. It’s going to take some following. Read more →

Regional history

The people who deliver the bad news

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 1, 2017, 7:04 AM Aug 1, 2017
2 Comments

Linda Koelman and Jeffrey Stewart had one of the most difficult jobs after the I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis. They had to tell 13 families that their loved one was dead. Read more →

Politics

Belle Plaine gives up on ‘free speech zone’

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 18, 2017, 1:08 PM Jul 18, 2017
18 Comments

The city of Belle Plaine tried just about everything it could short of understanding every U.S. Supreme Court ruling on religious displays in the country’s history, but on Tuesday it threw in the towel and banned privately-owned displays in a city park. Read more →

This or That

Cancer claims man who saved an abandoned church

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 17, 2017, 8:25 AM Jul 17, 2017
0 Comments

In 2012, Greg Thomas, of Montgomery, Minn., got plenty of national attention because he started fixing up a decayed country church while undergoing treatment for cancer. Read more →

Politics

Racism splits a religion with a history of racism

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 17, 2017, 7:25 AM Jul 17, 2017
17 Comments

In a New York Times op-ed today, a black member of the Southern Baptist Convention says he’s done with the largest Protestant body in the nation. Read more →

Politics

When an Atheist gives the invocation

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 7, 2017, 12:56 PM Jul 7, 2017
46 Comments

Oskaloosa, Iowa, like many government institutions, begins its City Council meetings with an invocation.

It’s usually given by a member of the clergy but when the Eastern Iowa Atheists group asked to give last night’s opening message, the city said “sure”, the Oskaloosa Herald says. Read more →

Crime and Justice

Victims of anti-Semitic graffiti won’t cover it up

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 7, 2017, 6:30 AM Jul 7, 2017
11 Comments

Shoshana and Ari Simones of Phoenix were on vacation when someone spray-painted a swastika and the word “Jew” outside their home. Their neighbors covered it with paper but when they got home, the couple took it down and let everyone see what we’re becoming.
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