Kimberly Winston

• Popular Christian Author Eric Metaxas Stands by Donald Trump Thursday, October 13, 2016
  In the wake of repeated criticisms of his stance, Metaxas promised to clarify his position on Trump, and he did so forcefully, saying “God will not hold us guiltless” if Hillary Clinton is elected.
• The ‘Olympic Spirit’ Thrives Despite Bad Behavior in Rio’s Summer Games Tuesday, August 23, 2016
  This year’s games in Rio de Janeiro have been marred by some pretty bad behavior — gold medalist Ryan Lochte acknowleged “over-exaggerating” an account that he and three other Team USA swimmers...
• Randall and Vashti Cunningham: God and Games are the Family Business Tuesday, August 16, 2016
  That’s a lot of father-daughter time in any family, but in this one, it’s part of the family business — producing elite athletes who are also deeply committed Christians.
• Will Sprinters Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay be Redeemed at the Olympics? Tuesday, August 16, 2016
  The Rio Olympics offer a chance at redemption for two Christian athletes, Tyson Gay and Justin Gatlin.
• Faith at the Olympics: Does it Give an Athlete an Edge? Friday, August 12, 2016
  Boudia’s and Johnson’s remarks raise a question: Does religious faith give an athlete any sort of edge?
• Trump is Conning Believers about His Faith, Author Says Wednesday, August 10, 2016
  David Cay Johnston is the author of “The Making of Donald Trump,” a new book from Melville House publishers.
• Steele Johnson and David Boudia Have Faith in Their Diving Tuesday, August 9, 2016
  “Whatever happens at the end of this Olympic Games is completely out of my control,” Boudia said in 2012. “God is totally sovereign over everything.”
• Evangelical Archer Mackenzie Brown Takes Aim at First Olympics Monday, August 8, 2016
  Mackenzie Brown may be the only woman on Team USA’s archery squad, but she is just one of the guys in another way: Like her coach and many of her fellow bowmen, Brown, 21, is an evangelical...
• Olympic Gymnast Simone Biles Brings Prayer to Rio Monday, August 8, 2016
  Biles, a first-time Olympian, is a Catholic. She has said she routinely lights a candle to St. Sebastian, the patron saint of athletes and of Rio, before each meet.
• God and the Games: What Role Does Religion Play in the Olympics? Monday, August 8, 2016
  The XXXI Olympic Games, the 16-day athletic love-fest kicking off to a samba beat in Rio de Janeiro on Friday (Aug. 5), are a secular endeavor featuring more fanfare than faith, more spectacle than...
• Who is St. Sebastian and Why Do Athletes Claim Him? Friday, August 5, 2016
  The 2016 Summer Olympics kick off with the lighting of the Olympic Torch on Aug. 5. The Olympic Games are a secular endeavor, but religion is everywhere, if you know where to look.
• 5 Faith Facts about Tim Kaine: ‘I Do What I Do for Spiritual Reasons’ Tuesday, July 26, 2016
  Kaine, a Roman Catholic, will appear with Clinton, a Methodist, at next week’s Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Here are five faith facts about the new vice presidential candidate.
• GOP Platform: Plenty for Evangelicals to Love Wednesday, July 20, 2016
  On the first day of their convention, delegates to the Republican National Convention meeting in Cleveland adopted a party platform with plenty for evangelicals to like.
• Churches to Russia: We’re Not Leaving Tuesday, July 12, 2016
  Several U.S.-based religious denominations remain defiant in the face of new laws that would ban them from proselytizing in Russia.
• 5 Faith Facts about Prince, Musician Dead at 57 Friday, April 22, 2016
  Rock ‘n’ roll, pop, soul, R&B icon Prince has died at age 57.
• Dying Christopher Hitchens Considered Christianity, New Book Claims Thursday, April 21, 2016
  Before his death at 62, Christopher Hitchens, the uber-atheist and best-selling author of “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything,” considered becoming a Christian.
• Why I Despair over Pakistan’s Intractable Blasphemy Laws Tuesday, March 29, 2016
  On Easter Sunday, Pakistani Christians did not have to go to church to die. They were attacked in a public park, near a children’s swingset. A suicide bomber associated with the Taliban killed 70...
• ‘Risen’ Movie Raises Old Hollywood Trope — Unbeliever Meets Jesus Friday, February 19, 2016
  Audiences have seen this old Hollywood trope before: in “Quo Vadis,” (1951), “The Robe,” (1953), “Ben Hur” (1959). And now in “Risen,” opening Friday (Feb. 19), a month before Easter.