These High Holidays I listened to perhaps 10 different sermons. As a group they seemed fine — impassioned, thoughtful, inspiring. Nine spoke of what I would call traditional themes: self-reflection, ...

Remembered for defending the bodies of her sacrificed sons, Rizpah is one of the most tragic figures in the Bible. Rizpah, King Saul's concubine, 1866. Rizpah stopping the birds and beasts devouring ...

Sermons and selections by : Robert Cushman -- John Winthrop -- John Cotton -- Thomas Hooker -- Thomas Shepard -- Jonathan Mitchel -- Samuel Danforth -- Increase ...

Michael Wayne Turner III takes us back in time to a turbulent era with his original drama “Ghost of King,” running through Sunday at Oakland Theater Project. The talented writer/performer creates a ...

More than 50 years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered what would be his final Christmas Eve sermon. Titled “Peace on Earth,” the Dec. 24, 1967 address was somber yet hopeful, as King ...