“Acceptance of this world of disappointment is not a waving of a white flag. It is a steady-eyed attitude of realism that keeps us to our tasks. It is a sign of a mature human being who understands that life is a struggle to be lived and not a rosy couch of ease. There can be no progress if we have an unrealistic view of the world and its defects.”
Richard Bridges
Retired Kentucky pastor
“New media has had the effect of keeping certain news stories alive, bringing them back from the dead and propelling them into the news.”
Diane Winston
Professor of religion and media at the University of Southern California, on how Facebook, Twitter and blogs shape religion news (RNS)
“It was a matter of attempting to, in essence, marginalize me as a one- dimensional candidate—that I was the token religious candidate, that the only reason I was in the race was to advance my own personal, spiritual agenda, which was ridiculous. I found that insulting.”
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Mike Huckabee
Former Arkansas governor, discussing how reporters and others focused on his role as a former pastor during the 2008 presidential campaign (Christianity Today/RNS)
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