Greg Garrison

Greg Garrison writes for the Birmingham News in Birmingham, Ala.

Articles by Greg Garrison

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Is 'The Hobbit' a 'Christian' film? Yes and no.

Dec 17, 2012 by Kay Campbell and Greg Garrison

Travel along, if you dare, with Bilbo Baggins in "The Hobbit" – either in J.R.R.Tolkien's beloved 1937 novel, or through the first installment of Peter Jackson's film trilogy based on the book, which opens in theaters on Friday (Dec. 14).

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Former rector of nation's largest Episcopal church becomes a Catholic

Nov 30, 2012 by Greg Garrison

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) The former rector of the nation's largest Episcopal church has become a Roman Catholic.

The Rev. Larry Gipson was dean of the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham from 1982-94 and rector at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston, where his parishioners included former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, from 1994-2008.

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Episcopal bishop says yes (and no) to gay blessings

Jul 26, 2012 by Greg Garrison

Episcopal Bishop Kee Sloan of Alabama voted in favor of his church’s new ritual for blessing same-sex unions—but he won’t allow priests in his diocese to perform it.

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Fiery, fearless civil rights icon Fred Shuttlesworth dies at 89

Oct 06, 2011 by Greg Garrison

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (RNS) The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, the driving force behind the Birmingham integration efforts that energized the national civil rights movement, died Wednesday (Oct. 5) at age 89.

Shuttlesworth said he never feared death, and repeatedly put himself on the line during his struggle against Jim Crow segregation in the 1950s and early 1960s.

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