Recently I changed my entire sermon on a Sunday morning. This might not sound remarkable—I hear preachers do it all the time—but it was the first time I ever did it. It was horrifying. Thank God it ...

There’s no right or wrong way to praise the Lord, says the Rev. Samuel Cutler, as long as the same God is being worshiped. Cutler prefers to preach the old-fashioned way, delivering gospel messages ...

The Rev. Jim Henry recalls a tearful woman who shook his hand at the end of a worship service and thanked him for his sermon. “Brother Henry, I’ve never met you before but I’ve watched you on ...

When the Rev. Dr. Kelly U. Farrow founded an institute to support Black preachers in 2019, she wasn’t just creating another training program. She was building a movement to sustain and evolve the ...

As I was finishing Steven Waldman's book on religious liberty and a re-read of H. Richard Niebuhr's magnificent Christ and Culture, three books for review arrived at about the same time, all of them ...

Frank Jackson's request that a certain segment of the population learn urban culture ("Understanding urban culture is key to policing Cleveland, mayor says," Plain Dealer, Dec. 11) is ludicrous. I, ...

A large, comfy armchair, a trinket-covered desk, and a basket of yarn are featured in Justin Zeigler’s office, with photos of family in Iowa and personal notes filling empty spaces. It’s an inviting ...