Megapastor Joel Osteen – head of Lakewood Church, the largest church in the U.S. – is getting into the TV business: he’s reportedly developing his own reality TV show with the former producer of Survivor. Insert obligatory “voting someone off the island” joke here.

The BBC looks at the practice of animal slaughter in some Jewish and Muslim religious rites, asking whether animals should be “stunned” before they are killed.

Democrats are pushing Obama to protect contraceptive coverage in health plans, says the New York Times. The move comes after several high-profile Catholic groups began advocating for exemption from health care plans that include contraceptive coverage.

Perez Hoodbhoy of the Guardian thinks that some Muslims should be more eager to embrace science.

The Houston Chronicle Blog looks at Atheist aesthetics during the holiday season.

The Washington Post asks: is Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich the savior of the religious right?

And today’s Tweet of the Day comes from the Tweet of God:

@TheTweetOfGod – Stay tweetsty, my friends.