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Cheerleaders of Kountze Middle School use their faith-based signs at the middle school football game held at Kountze High School. (Beaumont Enterprise via Associated Press)

Higher Ground: Sis boom Bible

A high school cheerleading squad has asked the Texas Supreme Court to weigh in on religious banners they want to make for football games.

August 14, 2014
Children and volunteers take part in a worship rally to close out the last day of vacation Bible school at the Church at Severn Run in Maryland's Anne Arundel County. (Photographs by Eva Russo/Special to The Washington Times)

Bible schools for families of all faiths

On a recent summer day, the Church at Severn Run was overrun by juvenile spies dashing about the sprawling religious center in a race against time.

August 7, 2014
In this June 14, 2014 photo, Brigitte Schaefer, left, her son Tim Schaefer, center, and Tim's partner, John Duncan, applaud as Frank Schaefer receives an Open Door Award for his public advocacy in Massachusetts, at Old South Church, in Boston. Frank Schaefer, a Methodist pastor who was defrocked for officiating his son Tim's wedding to another man, accepted the award the weekend before a Methodist judicial panel was scheduled to hear his appeal to continue in the ministry. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Higher Ground: Holy horror

The Year of the Faith-Based Movie is not over yet, and with pet projects, sweeping epics and tear-jerker dramas all finding success at the box office, it's only fitting that the horror genre gets a shot at audiences.

August 7, 2014
Meriam Ibrahim, who recently left her home country of Sudan after being held for refusing to recant her Christian faith, is moving to New Hampshire. (Associated Press)

Higher Ground: ‘Christian’ Grey

It's a safe bet Valentine's Day 2015 is going to be one of the most romantic in a long while. Days after the release of a trailer for the hotly anticipated movie adaptation of "50 Shades of Grey," Variety announced that a Christian-friendly alternative was in the works and due out the same holiday weekend as its naughtier counterpart.

July 31, 2014
SNAP National Director David Clohessy said the group has come a long way in its 25 year history, and is "cautiously optimistic" about the future, which may involve reaching out to survivors in other faiths. (Associated Press)

Priest abuse survivors group marks milestone

Fearless advocates. Vicious enemies. The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests has been called a variety of names — positive and negative — in the last quarter century.

July 30, 2014
Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by Rabbi David Saperstein (left), nominated to become ambassador at large for international religious freedom at the State Department, and Tom Malinowski, assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor, speaks at the State Department in Washington, Monday, July 28, 2014, during a news conference to announce the 2013 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. The U.S. says millions of people were forced from their homes because of their religious beliefs last year. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

John Kerry: Millions displaced by religious fighting in 2013

Christians facing death threats from Islamic extremists flee their homes in Mosul, Iraq. The death toll continues to rise as Israel and Hamas bombard each other with mortar fire. In China, police officers remove landmark crosses from the Christian churches.

July 28, 2014
Incoming Israeli President Reuven Rivlin is sworn in during a ceremony at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem. Despite the recent violence in the region, Jewish youths continue to make pilgrimages to the nation. (AP Photo/Ronen Zvulun, Pool)

Higher Ground: War no deterrent

Flights have been grounded and troops have been mobilized in and out of Israel because of ongoing violence, but young Jewish people are still making the trip as part of their birthright.

July 24, 2014