She lost her sight, but at the same time she gained vision. Catherine Harrison of Tyler has been legally blind 10 years. Her once everyday tasks are now very difficult challenges. She's now turning ...

Several times a month, community columnists weigh in on matters of faith and values. The Faith and Values column appears Mondays, and features retired Methodist minister Paul Graves, of Sandpoint; ...

To know Brusly minister Eva Lloyd Collins’ life story is to understand the foundation that has shaped her into a strong woman ...

Tuesday is National Teacher Appreciation Day, dedicated to honoring caring, committed educators nationwide. This week’s clergy discuss influential family members, fellow clergy and public school ...

Thomas the Apostle needs a publicist. Even though in Johns Gospel he gives voice to the most profound statement of faith in the New Testament, My Lord and my God, the first word that comes to mind for ...

"On Faith" is an inspiring collection of the late Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia's reflections on his own faith, on the challenges that religious believers face in modern America, and on the ...

On Monday, Dec. 8, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt, just hours after the attack by Japan on our bases in Pearl Harbor, stood before a joint session of Congress and with the following words began ...

In philosophy, a leap of faith is the act of believing in or accepting something not on the basis of reason. He was born into an affluent Danish family in Copenhagen, was a prolific 19th-century ...

I recently did something that felt very brave. I attended a public vigil for someone I never knew. In the middle of Grafton Common, among strangers, I silently lit a candle, generously given to me, ...

Recently, I was reading an article devoted to the life of a wonderful man — actor James Stewart. He not only was a beloved actor of the big screen, but was a true American hero. When he was at the ...