As a child, she was attending Boys’ and Girls’ Club. In her teenage years, she was one of Club’s camp counselors for seven years. And
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“I am a Baptist preacher from the South and I try to give diverse sermons. But sometimes my roots come flying out and today is one
“Humor and laughter are the most powerful gifts in life,” said the Rev. Susan Sparks at the 10:45 a.m. Sunday morning worship service in the
What is “spiritual geliophobia” and why is it such a painful condition? The Rev. Susan Sparks, senior pastor of the historic Madison Avenue Baptist Church
I grew up with a God who wasn’t very funny. Then again, neither were Jesus nor the disciples or the prophets. From an early age, I
From the age of 1, Amy Marcy Cheney Beach could sing 40 songs from memory. By age 2, she could sing a countermelody to any
“For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest you shall be saved, in quietness and in trust shall
Sometimes meditation is the best medicine. Michael O’Sullivan, senior Dharma teacher in the Kwan Um School of Zen, plans to share this belief, and several
Omar Bayramoglu and Nikhat Noorani are folding a blue Power Rangers bed sheet they were sitting on before starting their event “Jew, Christian, Muslim …
“Today’s gospel is the conclusion of a story that began with the feeding of the 5,000 with one little boy’s lunch. It is a crowd-pleasing
Jesus said in Luke 12:51: “Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!”
“It’s a poor religion that can’t provide a sufficient curse when needed,” said the Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli, quoting the poet Wendell Berry. She was preaching
When the Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli was serving as a youth minister, she was asked to preach one Sunday. One of the youth, Phil, wanted to
“This is our spiritual context for today,” said the Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli after she stuck her fingers in her ears and began to chant, “La,
How does a pastor in a large urban church in the center of a city that is at the center of world power set priorities
“The call of God upon Abraham was an unreasonable call. If God called you to kill your son, would you do it?” said the Rev.