Religion
PITTSBURGH -- Scattered in crates, dirty and difficult to read, the gospel music of composer Charles Henry Pace sat packed away, unorganized -- and unrealized …
by JESSIE WARDARSKI THE Associated Press March 25, 2023A lawsuit by dozens of conservative United Methodist churches in western North Carolina wishing to break away from their governing body was thrown out of court…
by Michael Gordon The Charlotte Observer March 25, 2023One of the oldest surviving biblical manuscripts, a nearly complete 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible, could soon be yours -- for a cool $30 million.
by Ilan Ben Zion The Associated Press March 25, 2023Wherever he goes, Father Sean Gough prays for the people he encounters -- sometimes out loud and often silently.
by Terry Mattingly March 25, 2023Shortly I'll celebrate another birthday. I've been writing newspaper columns since I was in my early 30s -- which was so long ago I can hardly remember it. Pre…
by Paul Prather March 25, 2023ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SERVICES
March 25, 2023Benton County
by Becca Martin-Brown March 25, 2023It was exactly 73 years ago this week that I did the one thing that transformed me from playing god to having a relationship with the true living God. The main…
by H.D. McCARTY Faith Matters March 25, 2023"Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let u…
by Mark Peterson Special to The Commercial March 24, 2023Hundreds of millions of Muslims began the first daily fast of Ramadan on Thursday, as parts of the Middle East approached crucial junctures in high-stakes peac…
by The Associated Press March 23, 2023Young members of the Church of the Nazarene in Sherwood will be poring over Old Testament passages in the coming weeks, hoping to memorize not only major theme…
by Frank E. Lockwood March 18, 2023The slow-moving schism in the Episcopal Church was manna from heaven for law firms, but hell on earth for people in the pews.
by Frank E. Lockwood March 18, 2023After telling the story of Jesus for two years, Branson's Sight & Sound theater is turning to the Old Testament for inspiration, bringing Queen Esther's story …
by Frank E. Lockwood March 18, 2023As a veteran Chicagoland Democrat, Rep. Daniel Lipinski knew what to expect when facing newspaper editors during pre-election endorsement season -- hard questi…
by Terry Mattingly March 18, 2023ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SERVICES
March 18, 2023