My mother has, for years, expressed her opinion that one day I will be famous. My wife as well has asserted that she expects people across the world to know me. But being, in my view, "a no one from nowhere," I have merely brushed those lofty expectations aside as the rose-colored-glasses view of the people who love me. So when fame finally came, it was as much of a shock to me as to anyone.

The world has lost a great evangelist in Ravi Zacharias, who could use his intellect and kindness to make the case for the Christian faith, Vice President Mike Pence said Friday.

For many religious families across the United States, the coronavirus has disrupted their most anticipated traditions – the rites of passage that mark their adolescent children's full entry into their congregations.

In 1965, a group of "bored witless" Catholic boarding-school boys on the South Pacific island of Tonga, ages 13 to 16, decided to "borrow" a boat and escape to Fiji, which was 500 miles away, and maybe even to New Zealand.

I recently had the opportunity to watch season one of "The Chosen."

To paraphrase Amos, the Old Testament prophet, "I am neither a prophet, nor the son of a prophet." But some things are so very predictable that even a blind man could see them coming.

Holy Communion will have a different look when in-person worship services resume at the end of May in the Catholic Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee: The wafers signifying the body of Christ will be placed in the hands of parishioners by priests and deacons wearing face masks and safety glasses.

Evangelist Ravi Zacharias, who built an international ministry that strives to defend Christianity on intellectual grounds, has died in Georgia. He was 74.

The Atlanta Archbishop announced Monday a schedule and guidelines for resuming in-parish worship services.

"Well, I suppose because I am more afraid of not living than I am of dying."

If you've exhausted your quarantine viewing list, and even if you haven't, I've got a suggestion: "The Chosen."

Spending time in quiet fellowship with God is the ultimate fulfillment of our existence.

While the state of Tennessee continues to roll back restrictions related to the coronavirus and some businesses are allowed to reopen, the Rev. Carlos Williams will not ask his flock to return to the pews this Sunday morning.

The God of the Bible is not only the Creator of all things, but he also has the ability to see everything at the same time and to know everything from the past and the future.

Looking back, I often regret that I did not give my mother an easier time of things.

A year may have gone by, but it remains difficult for family and friends to talk about the person they love in the past tense.

Recently, a popular scientist and podcaster was asked which scientific suppositions he holds most dear.

Riley, our grumpy old mutt of questionable heritage, used to be the only friend and unquestioned leader of Echo, our goofy white Labrador.

This year has been different than any we have known, but I hope you have found a way to make it one of the most meaningful and personal spiritual experiences with God ever.

The Chattanooga church that brought a lawsuit against the city alleging First Amendment violations has dropped the charges after Mayor Andy Berke reversed a decision to ban drive-in church services.

The Diocese of Knoxville plans to reopen all parishes to the public on Pentecost, May 30 to 31, after what will be nearly two and a half months since the last public Mass.

In the time of COVID-19, when health guidelines are changing almost daily, when the statistics of case counts and deaths keep rising and local government officials are disagreeing about when to reopen and who can reopen, Pastor Mitch McClure is trying to provide some piece of tradition.

With each passing day this spring, the Chattanooga area has been increasingly rocked by the coronavirus and its fallout. By April 1, the number of confirmed cases in Hamilton County had quadrupled from a week earlier and then doubled again, to over 100 cases, by the middle of the month.