Before Saturday night’s Nationwide Federated Auto Parts 300, Pastor Joe Nelms of Nashville’s Family Baptist Church was asked to pray.   And pray, he did! Before the NASCAR crowd at Nashville Superspeedway Nelms noted that God tells to be thankful for all things — and then went on to thank the Almighty for “these mighty machines that you brought before…

Mitch Winehouse paid an emotional tribute to his daughter Amy today as her friends and family came together for her funeral, reports the London newspaper the Daily Mail. Relating stories about her childhood and how happy she’d been recently, the grieving father ended his eulogy telling his daughter: “Goodnight, my angel. Sleep tight.” Among those paying their…

Keith Olbermann, who is still smarting from his departure at MSNBC, used a recent interview with Cenk Uygur to criticize the cable network’s hiring Al Sharpton. “For Olbermann, however, who has an uncanny knack for avoiding the facts,” writes the media watchdog Accuracy in Media, “it was just another opportunity to take a potshot at his former employer…

by Ash Greyson Beliefnet Managing Editor Move over Lady Gaga! Sorry, Justin Bieber! Nice try, Harry Potter! According to Allfacebook.com, a website that tracks Facebook traffic and interactions, six of the top 20 most engaging Facebook pages are related to faith. The new Harry Potter film just set the all-time record for weekend ticket sales,…

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