Aug 27, 2015
Bible Museum to display artifacts from Holy Land under deal
The Museum of the Bible being built in Washington, D.C., will feature ancient artifacts and treasures from the Holy Land under a new deal that ensures Israel’s leading archaeological organization will have an outpost in the U.S. capital.
Aug 27, 2015
Jimmy Carter’s cancer fight puts new meaning in old message
The Sunday school lesson was familiar: When your burden grows heavy, ask God for strength. But the message carried a more powerful and personal meaning than usual because of who delivered it: Jimmy Carter.
Aug 20, 2015
A community’s role in grief
No matter the circumstances, with death comes grief. However, when death is brought about suddenly by trauma, the grieving process can be different, and if left untreated it can turn into long-term depression, according to Meagan Glidden, a certified grief counselor in Navarre.
Aug 20, 2015
Momentum Church introduces Plus-One Sunday with Mixology Series
Momentum Church is launching a new series titled “Mixology: Creating the Perfect Mix for Your Life,” Sunday, Aug. 23, at its two locations: Gulf Breeze Elementary School at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. and Navarre High School at 10 a.m.
Aug 13, 2015
Pope urges compassion for divorced Catholics who remarry
Pope Francis’ call last week for a church of “open doors” that welcomes divorced Catholics prompted speculation over whether he was signaling support for easing the ban on Communion for couples who remarry without a church annulment.
Aug 13, 2015
Immigrant in church sanctuary reaches one-year mark
Rosa Robles Loreto could leave the small, Tucson church where she has spent the past year. But there is no guarantee she won’t be sent back to Mexico, her native country.
Aug 6, 2015
Woman and her 2 sisters meet for the first time
A sea of smiling faces made Barbara Colandrea and Carol Utecht feel more than welcome as they greeted their older sister and her family for the first time at the Dothan, Ala., airport recently.
Jul 16, 2015
Catholic leaders press GOP to heed pope on climate, poor
Roman Catholic leaders in the early voting state of Iowa implored presidential candidates earlier this month to take up Pope Francis’ call for “profound political courage” by focusing their campaigns as much on improving the environment and income inequality as they have on opposing gay marriage and abortion in past elections.
Jul 9, 2015
Cruz, Huckabee competing for evangelical votes
Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee went head-to-head for evangelical votes last weekend, telling a megachurch congregation in Georgia that God favors the United States but warning that the nation is on a perilous spiritual path because of actions like the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage in all 50 states.
Jul 9, 2015
Episcopalians OK allowing gay marriage in churches
The Episcopal Church has completed its embrace of gay rights, changing church law to allow same-sex religious marriages throughout the denomination, just days after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide.