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What We Know About The Victims Of The South Texas Church Shooting
Posted on · More details have emerged on the victims of the Sutherland Springs shooting
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Will Texas Massacre Finally Push The Military To Improve Its Criminal Reporting System?
Posted on · The Air Force failed to report Devin Kelley's domestic violence conviction to a federal database, which allowed him to buy guns before the massacre in a Sutherland Springs church. That failure has been a problem for years.
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Recently Passed Texas Law Allows For Armed Volunteer Security At Churches
Posted on · A state law put into effect in September made it legal for houses of worship to have armed volunteer security — but the law's author says many churches in Texas don't know it's an option
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UPDATE: Texas Church Victims: Retired Couple Originally From Michigan Among Dead
Posted on · The Air Force says it failed to report the Texas church shooter's domestic violence conviction to the FBI as required by Pentagon rules.
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What We Know About The Texas Church Shooting Suspect
Posted on · Authorities say that 26-year-old Devin Patrick Kelley had a brief and troubled enlistment in the U.S. Air Force before being court-martialed and discharged in 2014 for assaulting his wife and child.
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UPDATE: Texas Church Gunman Was Able To Buy Guns Because Of Air Force Lapse
Posted on · Authorities said the gunman who opened fire in a Texas church had sent threatening text messages to his mother-in-law, who attended the church; Texas DPS confirmed that the mass shooting stemmed from a domestic situation and was not racially or religiously motivated
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2660: Inside the Machine
Posted on · Episode: 2660 Computers, Brains, and the Church-Turing Thesis. Today, inside the machine.
Houston Matters
Turning To God or Turning Away: Two Divergent Faith Journeys
Posted on · Today, we revisit a pair of conversations from 2014 about turning to – or away from – organized religion. First, we meet Rev. Clay Lein, rector at St. John the Divine Episcopal Church in River Oaks, who was once a self-professed "angry atheist." He tells Craig Cohen how he found himself leading an Episcopal congregation […]
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2833: Kykkos Monastery
Posted on · Episode: 2833 Kykkos Monastery, Cyprus, and the origins of Western monasticism Today, monks and hermits.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1151: Human Population
Posted on · Episode: 1151 How many people can Earth sustain — in better than misery? Today, an old, but still useful, estimate of Earth’s carrying capacity.
Houston Matters
Displaced By Katrina, New Orleans Church Members Still Gather Today in Houston
Posted on · When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, people scattered. Some decided to stay in their “new towns.” In Houston, displaced members of one New Orleans church — Franklin Avenue Baptist Church — created a new church here. News 88.7's Laurie Johnson reports.
Houston Matters
Students Create Unusual Maps of Houston
Posted on · What do megachurches, potholes and wireless networks have in common? The answer is maps. They’re not road maps or weather maps. They’re maps of things like potholes around Lakewood Church. Or maps of Houston’s wireless networks. The work is part of a class at the University of Houston called Creative Mapping that encourages students to […]
Houston Matters
How Have Views on Religion Changed in the Past Decade?
Posted on · What do Americans think of religious these days? Penny Edgell, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota, recently gave a lecture hosted by Rice University’s Religion and Public Life Program on her work addressing Americans’ attitudes about public religious expression. We talk with her about what her research suggests is a growing divide […]
Houston Matters
How to Find the Right Community of Faith in Houston
Posted on · Whether youâre a newcomer or a lifer, whatâs the best way to find the right church, mosque, synagogue or community of faith in Houston? We discuss this with Greg Han, Director of Interfaith Relations for Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston.
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Sleep and Sleep Disorders, and Finding a Community of Faith: Houston Matters for Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015
Posted on · Ahh the sweet caress of sleep. It's where our bodies recharge and our minds defragment. Of course, we all know we're supposed to get eight hours of sleep a night. But too often we're forced to live by the philosophy of "I'll sleep when I'm dead," squeezing in four hours here, a power nap there, […]