Religion
As a kid, I learned to sing: "I'd love to see the temple, I'm going there someday." Ever since I was little, I couldn't wait until the day that I could go insi…
by CALI HUTCHINGS Faith Matters May 13, 2023We have all heard the Matthew 22:14 verse: "Many are called, but few are chosen." This always bothered me, because it just didn't sound fair. If you were calle…
by Mark Peterson Special to The Commercial May 12, 2023Around the globe, religious freedom is under attack, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom warned this week.
by Frank E. Lockwood May 6, 2023With its jewels and horse-drawn carriages, today's coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla is the stuff of fairy tales. For Anglicans, it is also a rare a…
by Frank E. Lockwood May 6, 2023Dozens more Arkansas United Methodist churches have voted to sever ties with the denomination and are finalizing separation agreements with the Arkansas Confer…
by Frank E. Lockwood May 6, 2023After a half-century of decline, the U.S. Episcopal Church has 1.5 million members, and its average weekly attendance was just above 500,000 before covid-19 an…
by Terry Mattingly May 6, 2023When learning to read and interpret literature effectively, a reader should keep in mind that often the novel you're reading reads you as surely as you're read…
by Paul Prather May 6, 2023ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SERVICES
May 6, 2023I have two daughters who are beautiful on the inside and out. And they have blessed me with five exquisitely wonderful grandchildren. I could not be, or feel, …
by LESLIE BELDEN Faith Matters May 6, 2023BENTON COUNTY
May 6, 2023There is a famous poem by Robert Frost. Two roads diverged into a yellow wood. I could not take both. It concludes by saying two roads diverged, and I took the…
by Chestine Sims Jr. Special to The Commercial May 5, 2023Pope Francis plunged Saturday into both sides of Russia's war with Ukraine, greeting some of the 2.5 million Ukrainian refugees who have fled across the border…
by NICOLE WINFIELD and JUSTIN SPIKE The Associated Press April 30, 2023Chonda Pierce, the Queen of Clean, is coming soon to a stage or screen near you, and she's tickled to be making people chuckle again.
by Frank E. Lockwood April 29, 2023With reports of antisemitism on the rise, religious leaders gathered Sunday at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Little Rock to address the problem and to look fo…
by Frank E. Lockwood April 29, 2023Catholics will gather at the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Little Rock on Sunday to pray for survivors of child sexual abuse.
by Frank E. Lockwood April 29, 2023