Lent has a single focus and makes singular demands. Three books explore this focus and offer resources to meet the claims the ...

We can but try to express our amazement in “peak” moments that surprise us with joy. In doing that, painters, poets, composers, singers, instrumentalists, sculptors, actors, dancers — add your ...

SHANKILL St James’ COI, Crinken Services of Worship for this Sunday The Second Sunday before Lent: 10.30am Morning Praise. Church Events/Activities: Please check the Church’s web-site for regular ...

A century ago, Al Smith was a force in American politics—and the first Catholic to mount a major run at the White House. And ...

Des Moines Public Schools is among 174 public school districts that did not remove books from its schools after Senate File ...

The radio was on in the background, and I wasn’t particularly listening to the interview. But then she mentioned that ...

Area houses of worship are invited to share their news for our free weekly listings. Email information to Mercury Editor Tony ...

The English word love covers many meanings, but in Greek we find concepts often known as 'the Four Loves'. This is the story ...

Our God came to us first. A Malaysian Hindu devotee with his back pierced with hooks makes his way towards the Batu Caves ...

Johnny Flynn's career has taken him from Regency England ("Emma," "Vanity Fair") to WWII ("Operation Mincemeat") to contempo ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning Iowa author Marilynne Robinson reacted to the use of her name last week by a researcher and writer for ...

Subtitled How Mainline Protestants Helped Build Christian Nationalism, the book shows how clergy participation in events like ...