The Friday the calendar annually designates as Good offers some of the best preaching in the African American faith community. Representing the sayings of Jesus while dying on the cross of Calvary, it ...

Clergymen process during the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday outside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, March 29, 2024. (OSV News/Gonzalo Fuentes) Good Friday begins in silence. The presider lies ...

Last Sunday, of course, was Easter Sunday, when we relive the excitement of the disciples as they hear of Jesus’ resurrection ...

There is no message greater than the preaching of the cross. This message has been preached for thousands of years and still has the same effect as it did in the beginning. There is not a more ...

Of all the questions we might ask about the impact of the Jesus community on history, the first ought to be why it survived at all. Why did it emerge from the countless movements, religions and ...

Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday—like Christmas, they come every year, and for many preachers, so does the dilemma of breathing new life into a season that feels familiar and, well, predictable ...

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Sunday: Sunday school, 10 a.m., morning worship service, 11 a.m. Wednesday: Bible study, 7 p.m. Directions: 2 miles north of Bob's Valley Market on Montana Avenue Mission and other information: We are ...