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President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address included a continued push to boost the presence of religion in American ...

“Things are happening [in Minnesota] that my friends and family elsewhere are really having trouble understanding,” Laura Kelly Fanucci says, “because the media is saying one thing, and all these ...

After reciting Tashahhud, Ta`awwuz and Surah al-Fatihah, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba) recited the following verse of the Holy Qur’an: ‘Verily you have in the Prophet of Allah an ...

Everyone has an opinion on the state of hip-hop; not everyone has five decades of credibility like Erick Sermon. The legendary rapper-producer is holding court in his midtown Manhattan studio, ...

“I’m thinking about the end of time in another way,” says Ann Garrido. “Because end can mean the conclusion, the finish, but it can also mean the purpose.” For 25 years, Ann has taught homiletics, ...

A Nigerian man has taken to social media to call out pastors who frequently use their wives as negative examples during sermons. In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter), he complained that the habit ...

Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th-century abbess and mystic, wrote nearly 80 songs and sang them too, despite claiming never to have received formal instruction in music or composition—or, for that matter, ...

Across the U.S., organizations, including churches, often struggle with how to approach issues of racial and social justice in the face of polarization. But the divisions can also happen among people ...

Every preacher prepares differently. You likely already have a personal method of sermon preparation or will create one as you develop and gain more experience. This checklist is not meant to be a ...