There are 9 article(s) tagged faith:

• August 2025

  • Workout group draws Germantown police attention

    A group of about 50 men trying to start their day with a workout last week was met by Germantown police as they were wrapping up at the suburb’s Soccerplex on CD Smith Road.

    By Abigail Warren August 07, 2025

• June 2024

  • St. Jude gifts relic of namesake apostle to Midtown cathedral

    At some point — no one really knows when — the saint’s relic made its way to Memphis as a donation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and has been in storage on its campus for 62 years. 

    By Aisling Mäki June 22, 2024

• October 2022

  • In city’s collective pain, faith leaders don’t pretend to have answers

    When highly publicized crimes shake a community, as recently happened in Memphis, the emotional and mental aftershocks linger. And leave behind the most uncomfortable of questions: Why do bad things happen to good people? 

    By Don Wade October 01, 2022

• May 2022

  • Morris: What would Jesus do? Does that question matter anymore?

    We won’t get anywhere if we respond to the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting by only, once again, calling for legal changes that will have little chance of being enacted. We need to sit down in our houses of worship and come up with concrete ways to draw close to the children Jesus loves.

    By G. Scott Morris May 29, 2022

• July 2020

  • Have a little faith; or in these times, maybe a little more

    United in the fight against COVID-19, but divided by social and political issues, faith may offer America its best opportunity for community and shared healing. 

    By Don Wade July 27, 2020

• May 2020

  • ‘Data, not dates’ guide worship plans for many Memphis congregations

    The Memphis Clergy COVID-19 Response group remains cautious about resuming in-person worship despite receiving qualified permission from the state.

    By Tom Bailey May 11, 2020

• October 2019

  • Memphis faith groups embrace similarities at interfaith event

    Members of eight faith groups in the Memphis area gathered at the Health Sciences Park Saturday morning and invited people to ask questions and have conversations.

    By Hira Qureshi October 06, 2019

• July 2019

  • Helping Hearts asks faith community to assist families in flood rebuilding

    Germantown HELPS is asking church congregations to partner with homeowners affected by June 7 flooding. Despite the damage caused by it, the flooding did not meet the threshold necessary for residents to receive FEMA assistance.

    By Abigail Warren July 10, 2019

• December 2018

  • Dr. Bob’s Brain

    There were only a few warning signs that something might be wrong. Dr. Robert Bolding thought he had perhaps suffered a stroke. There was the numbness on his left side, and his family said his behavior was odd. He was inclined to ignore the frequent headaches, figuring maybe it was just the weather.

    By Karen Pulfer Focht December 26, 2018