Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic this spring, Pastor Nancy White has shifted the way members of her congregation at the Milton Methodist Church in Milton, West Virginia, worship together. Initially, the virus closed the church, but during the summer months, White began to provide recorded sermons over Facebook […]
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Their small-town neighbors aren’t familiar with the faith. Their urban counterparts barely know they exist. As the only Jew in his elementary school other than his brother, Eli Baldwin had his mom visit class to teach his peers about Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. From a young age, Marisa […]
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It’s appropriate that I began reflecting on what to write in this piece on the Fourth of July, the celebration of America’s independence. After all, I grew up in a small Indiana town that held the state’s biggest Independence Day parade. People came from miles around to watch the floats, […]
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COVID-19 has changed many aspects of worship for people of different faiths, including religious holidays. During Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, fasting and communal meals in the evenings normally mark many of the tradition. This year, things were different, as Muslims across the globe were unable to meet in person […]
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When the Rev. Al Sharpton implored white America to “get your knee off our necks” at the memorial of George Floyd, his words were carried by news outlets across the globe. Meanwhile in the U.S., the Rev. William J. Barber II has been an ever-present voice in the protests, prompting […]
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The stretch of U.S. 23 in Kentucky from Ashland to Louisa is littered with Christian churches – Methodist, Church of Christ, Baptist, Nazarene – and on a recent Sunday, the drive down the winding, rural highway showed parking lots in some places littered with cars, just until services let out only […]
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