Back in my high school days, I enjoyed teasing the pastor in my home church in San Antonio. Once I complimented him for his ...

The greatest challenge the preacher faces is, well, the preacher. Most of us are not confused about the text by the time we get to the pulpit. And we are not really struggling to make this passage of ...

Last week and this week, the Gospel has us make the acquaintance of John the Baptist. Last week, we were introduced to his mission in the Jordan Valley at a particular given moment to baptize as a ...

A familiar tradition kicked off a little differently this year at Crossroads Church.Pastor Chuck Mingo says Super Bowl Sunday has always brought people together. “Its been a crazy year. It’s a year ...

ST. LOUIS (RNS) as soon as the sermon starts, Hendrix sets himself apart, whipping out his sketchbook and pens to draw the pastor’s sermon. ST. LOUIS (RNS) On the second Sunday of Lent, John Hendrix ...

Dr. Seuss wrote those words in “Horton Hears A Who!,” his 1954 children’s book about an elephant who tries to protect tiny creatures on a speck of dust. Worship leaders at Central United Methodist ...

Eureka First United Methodist Church Eureka (520 Del Norte St.): The Sunday worship service starts at 10 a.m. The Rev. Amy Beth Durward de Macias will be gone for the week, so Pam Coen will present a ...

It’s Sunday morning. And Sunday is a sacred time for those of us who are spiritual beings. As I lay in bed sick this past week recovering from pneumonia, I had lots of time to think, read my Bible, ...

At the entrance to Jerusalem’s Church of All Nations, next to the Garden of Gethsemane, there is a sign warning every visitor: NO EXPLANATIONS INSIDE THE CHURCH. This was intended to discourage ...

Evangelist W.A. “Billy” Sunday — baseball player turned tabernacle preacher — came to Canton in 1931 with a hope of turning the passion that fans here felt for sports into a frenzy of faith in God. In ...

WASHINGTON (WUSA9 — It was 50 years ago that Martin Luther King Jr. gave his final Sunday sermon on March 31, 1968 at the National Cathedral. He preached from the Cathedral’s Canterbury Pulpit, which ...