I’ve got good news and bad news. First, the good news: Most U.S. houses of worship have reopened for business on Sunday mornings. There’s almost an even split (43 %) of those operating exactly the way ...

I am the new pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Odessa. Before I searched for a new call and came here, I spent time asking myself what kind of church I wanted to serve. I reflected on my past 15 ...

Every now and then you run across the names of some towns that are fascinating … names like Sweet Lips, Tenn., or Sandy Mush, N.C., or Monkey’s Eyebrow, Ky., not to mention Hell, Mich. There are some ...

I have been thinking about the future of the church a lot lately, particularly how it relates to those of the “Millennial” generation. Christian congregations now enjoy weekly reminders every Sunday ...

DALTON — A tropical storm last month welcomed the Ziegler family to Dalton. But, this is a clan accustomed to searching the heavens. After a two-year gap, the Berkshire First Church of the Nazarene — ...

As last year was drawing to a close, Reverend Sean Neil-Barron found himself reflecting on what a hard year 2023 was for LGBTQ+ people. One element of that: by the ACLU’s count, more than 500 ...