Faith No More

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- With below freezing temperatures outside this week, Charlotte-area shelters are busier than normal. The two men's shelters are housing more than 600 men combined, slightly more than normal, in their busiest year yet. But they, and the Salvation Army women and children's shelter, are also getting help from a growing number of churches and faith-based groups who are giving the homeless a place to stay. For the last 15 years, Room in the Inn has offered church halls and other facilities to

Top Talkers: Members of an evangelical church 'laid hands' on GOP candidate Rick Santorum during a campaign stop Wednesday in McKinley, Texas. The Morning Joe panel including the Huffington Post's Sam Stein, MSNBC's Michael Steele, and Time's Mark Halperin uses this as a springboard to discuss Mitt Romney's seeming reticence over discussing his own faith publicly.

Roxanna Green lost her nine-year-old daughter, Christina-Taylor Green, during the Arizona shootings last January that also seriously injured then Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Green and author Jerry Jenkins join Morning Joe to discuss Christina, the new book 'As Good as She Imagined,' and how faith has helped in the grieving process.

There are roughly 14 million Mormons living in the world, yet people still seem mystified by what Mormons believe. Author Matthew Bowman joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'The Mormon People,' pop culture s seeming fascination with Mormonism and what the faith tells us about the country.