The team behind the Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak's "Godspell" announced today that Hunter Parrish, of Showtime's "Wee...
CHICAGO — When she sang "Fly Away," Delois Barrett Campbell's voice soared to the church rafters and her joy raised the roof. The gospel legend...
"In Central Africa, people believe the rain forest is God," says Ysaye, "And they chant to imitate the God inside."
Coming from the word “zoad,” meaning ladder, pathway, or steps, the zodiac has been looked upon by multitudes for ages. In Eternal Destinies as Re...
A larger view of life, as seen through the eyes of Jesus, informs us that the life of a homeless person begging on the street corner is just as sacred as the life of a president of the state.
In true New Orleans fashion, the food was exceptional, especially by festival standards, offering local staples and fair ground oddities like soft shell crab po' boys, boiled crawfish and muffulettas.
For gospel/R&B stars Mary Mary, their spirit-filled messages are always clear. Although Something Big travels mostly in R&B and pop sonic territories, the duo hold firmly to their gospel roots.
They called him a Universalist. A wolf in sheep's clothing. A false prophet. A radical. Dangerous. And more than a few have labeled Bell a heretic. But that's the good news.
It's especially important to hear Jesus's words in our digital age, when snarky blogs, terrible texting, snotty Facebook posts and mean-spirited Tweets can cause serious harm.
I would suggest that what will fascinate people to consider the gospel of Christ will ultimately be how we live our lives.
By Kim Lawton Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly Prominent Gospel singer and longtime Billy Graham associate George Beverly Shea will receive a Lifetime Ac...
Two soul-inflected concerts this week to catch you up on. MAVIS STAPLES *** out of **** Bell House in Brooklyn Mavis Staples has been testifying to ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — President Barack Obama, in a rare discussion about his religious beliefs, described himself on Tuesday as a "Christian by ch...
Pastor Fred Phelps led the congregation that gained notoriety in recent years for picketing the funerals of soldiers who died in Iraq and Afghanistan. He spoke with me about hell, homosexuality, and the Supreme Court.
Donnie McClurkin is a classic example why homophobia is an ongoing problem in the African American community, and it must be challenged at every opportunity.
Of all my brother-in-law Jeff Tweedy's projects, what could possibly be more exciting than his collaboration with gospel legend Mavis Staples? He produced her new album and sings on several tracks.
Love is patient and kind You make my life so f****** difficult!....You look like a f***ing b**** in heat. And if you get raped by a pack of n****** it...
With Donnie McClurkin, the poster boy for African American "ex-gay" ministries, billed as the main event at this year's Boston GospelFest, many in the African American LGBTQ communities will not be in attendance.
Beck promised on his radio show that "the hammer" would be coming down on me, and that he would devote a week of his TV show to bringing me down. I took that as a "no" to dialogue, but I've decided to go ahead without him.
While I have agreed that the cause of social justice has sometimes been politicized for ideological purposes by both Left and Right, I continue to defend the term itself as biblical.
I was heartened to hear Beck affirm the nonviolence of King, but I would also like to remind him of King's tireless commitment to social justice.
Jesus said that we should love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. I invited Beck to a civil and respectful conversation about the issues at stake here, but he has chosen a different path.
Those who stay in the Church will still need ministering by the good priests who remain. But vocations have dropped through the floor, so do we import priests? From where? This pedophile issue is global.
Even free from the potentially limiting sphere of religious doctrine, life is expectantly spiritual.
When we meet Jesus of Nazareth at the beginning of the Gospel of Mark, almost surely the oldest of the four, he's a full-grown man. He comes down from...
