Preaching can be a risky business. There are ample opportunities for those of us who preach to make a huge mess. Preaching is the art of talking to and about God in public. Imperfect people talking to ...

The Rev. Walter J. Arrington is celebrating 40 years as pastor of Peoples Baptist Church in Canton, Ohio.

A movement spreading across the country since the 2016 election evokes a church. Its teachings? Civic engagement. By Courtney E. Martin Ms. Martin is the author, most recently, of “The New Better Off: ...

The Friday the calendar annually designates as Good offers some of the best preaching in the African American faith community. Representing the sayings of Jesus while dying on the cross of Calvary, it ...

Why secularism has no answer for the fear produced by the COVID-19 crisis. Matt Woodley talks to Josh Moody, senior pastor at College Church in Wheaton, Illinois. Josh pointed out how his church had ...

There are times when it is tempting to do memorial tributes, and I’ve not done so. Hardly a week goes by when someone, somewhere, with a connection to the life of faith and to religious practice more ...

Jesus’ farewell discourses with his disciples describe the mutual covenant that will enable them to continue their relationship with him after he departs. It is even necessary for him to depart ...

I don't know how many newspaper columns I've written. I'd guess well over a thousand. Probably more, but we'll call it a thousand. Of those thousand columns, I could count on my fingers the ones I ...

I don’t know how many newspaper columns I’ve written. I’d guess well over a thousand. Probably more, but we’ll call it a thousand. Of those thousand columns, I could count on my fingers the ones I ...