March 21, 2019, 8:36pm Churches & Religion
The Book of Esther is a classic tale of good triumphing over evil and reads much like an amazing, dramatic Disney play, said Tzivie Greenberg, co-director of the Chabad Jewish Center in Brush Prairie. Read story
March 16, 2019, 6:05am Churches & Religion
With the combination of high winds, nearly a foot of snow and single-digit wind chill, the storm of Feb. 9 was one of the more daunting Northwest blizzards in recent memory. After the earlier Big Freeze in the Midwest in mid-January, I suppose it was bound to be our turn. Read story
March 16, 2019, 5:16am Churches & Religion
Church attendance in America has been in a secular decline for decades — and South Florida is no exception. Read story
March 15, 2019, 9:42pm Churches & Religion
Muslims attending Friday prayer at Masjid Al Noor, or Mosque of Light, in Hazel Dell were met with flowers, notes and donations. Several non-Muslims attended the service to show support in the wake of the terrorist attack that killed 49 people at mosques in New Zealand. Read story
March 14, 2019, 9:28am Churches & Religion
The most senior Catholic convicted of child sex abuse was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison for molesting two choirboys in an Australian cathedral in a crime the judge said showed “staggering arrogance.” Read story
March 9, 2019, 6:02am Churches & Religion
A state lawmaker who is a minister and dean of students at a southwest Missouri religious college wants public high school students to learn more about the Bible. Read story
March 9, 2019, 6:02am Churches & Religion
For their supporters, the thousands of Christian schools across America are a blessing — a place where children can learn in accordance with biblical teachings, untainted by the secular norms of public schools. Read story
March 7, 2019, 2:45pm Churches & Religion
With nearly two dozen people killed in a tornado outbreak that shattered a rural community in east Alabama, notifying the families of the dead was a huge, gut-wrenching task, done in the privacy of a country church. Read story
March 5, 2019, 8:46pm Churches & Religion
Chocolate, alcohol and Twitter are some of the popular indulgences many Christians give up during the period of Lent leading up to Easter. But this year, some churches are encouraging congregants to give up plastics. Read story
March 5, 2019, 8:43pm Churches & Religion
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Tuesday it will rename websites, social media accounts and employee email addresses to get rid of “Mormon” and “LDS” as the faith continues a push to be known by the religion’s full name and not shorthand nicknames it previously embraced and… Read story
