The war in Ukraine loomed over the traditional Good Friday Colosseum procession in Rome, after the Vatican's choice of a Russian woman to share bearing the cross with a Ukrainian woman had angered Ukrainians.

As Passover begins Friday evening, the Chattanooga Times Free Press asked four area rabbis to reflect on the meaning of the holiday and the importance of the eight days in the faith tradition.

Easter's message of renewal will be especially poignant this year for four U.S. congregations rebounding from disasters.

Pastors have filed at least three federal lawsuits in recent weeks against the African Methodist Episcopal Church along with several subsidiaries and financial firms the church used, alleging tens of millions of dollars from a pension fund were mismanaged and missing.

I remember the day we brought Teddy, our English bulldog puppy, into our home.

Every once in a while, someone who doesn't profess Christianity will stumble upon some sort of natural or moral law that Christians have professed for centuries.

With vacation season rapidly approaching, you may perhaps be considering some of the old standbys, maybe something like the mountains or the beach.

In the spring of 2020, two high-level members of Perry Stone's organization — a ministry leader, along with a Bradley County Sheriff's Office lieutenant who is Stone's head of security — were disgusted by the alleged sexual misconduct of the Cleveland, Tennessee-based televangelist.

Our culture has long struggled with the realities of sexual difference, or "gender."

The key to being a good soldier is listening carefully and being obedient. No one, especially God, wants a servant who decides to be absent without leave or who is rebellious and always wants to do things their way. Every effective military has strict discipline for a purpose, and this is for making sure the soldier is focused on what the leader is saying.

John 8:32 "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into the internationally known televangelist Perry Stone nearly two years after allegations of sexual harassment and assault surfaced against the Cleveland, Tennessee-based faith leader.

Last week I pulled into the hospital parking lot (one of many trips to many different hospitals that week, actually) to visit an ailing member.

The first time Louise Mandrell ever booked a speaking engagement was for the opening of the East Brainerd chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home Crematory and Florist 20 years ago.

Futurists and tech industry gurus have long promised a utopia where humans aren't dependent on pesky biological or geographical realities.

I was reminded today of the fifth verse of Psalm 30, which says in part, "Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes in the morning." The analogy is implying there will be sadness during hard times, but perseverance will be rewarded when the conflict is over.

Nationalism becomes idolatry whenever love of nation devolves into an excessive or uncritical devotion, is confused with the Kingdom of God, justifies evil or engages in a partiality that treats citizens of other nations as less worthy of love or justice or charity.

Each week I have both a question and a prayer concerning this column: "What should I write about?"

Have you known someone who was even-tempered and composed even when circumstances seemed to be falling apart all around them?

It is a cup of coffee. It is a breakfast sandwich. It is a green tea.

Many Christians, rightly concerned about protecting the Church's witness in front of the wider world, have embraced claims about the church that simply are not true.

No matter where we come from or how we have been taught, we are responsible for what we think, what we say and how we act.

I suppose most folks would not have taken such acute notice of it, but my differently wired brain could not avoid fixating on it.