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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
Posted on · More details have emerged on the victims of the Sutherland Springs shooting
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.
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
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.
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.
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
Posted on · Episode: 2660 Computers, Brains, and the Church-Turing Thesis. Today, inside the machine.
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 […]
Posted on · Episode: 2833 Kykkos Monastery, Cyprus, and the origins of Western monasticism Today, monks and hermits.
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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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, […]