There are 16 article(s) tagged religion:

• February 2025

  • Greenstein: ‘Religion for adults means embracing complexity’

    “Science is essential to understanding how things work, but science will never explain why things matter to the human heart.”

    By Micah Greenstein February 23, 2025

  • Narcisse: ‘Truth, contested and unreliable’

    “There will be much to unsettle us in the days to come. Clandestine raids on small businesses in our community. Vulnerable neighbors who become prisoners in their own home.”

    By Joshua Henry Narcisse February 16, 2025

• July 2024

  • Memphis-Shelby County Schools settles in Satan Club lawsuit

    Representatives for the club filed a lawsuit in March, claiming that the school district had “chosen to defy the First Amendment” by charging “excessive” and “unexpected” fees to rent space at Chimneyrock Elementary School for the club.

    By Laura Testino July 19, 2024

• April 2024

  • Echols: ‘Either way, I was a big, fat jerk’

    This is an open letter to the woman I had an embarrassingly vigorous yelling match about a parking spot in front of the UPS store on Colonial Road last Tuesday.

    By Candace Echols April 29, 2024

  • Greenstein: ‘Freedom from slavery is the essence’ of Passover

    “The liberation of the Jewish people from Egyptian bondage has become a powerful symbol of redemption not only for the Jewish people, but for the entire world.”

    By Micah Greenstein April 28, 2024

  • Echols: Stories of hope, joy, learning: Everett beats the odds

    “Every year on June 21, my brother Landon Williams sends me some version of the same text message ... ‘Hey Sister! Today is the 6-year anniversary of the day when Everett was supposed to die.’”

    By Candace Echols April 03, 2024

• March 2024

  • Greenstein: ‘Religion without humor isn’t healthy’

    “The observance of today’s Jewish holiday lends tremendous insight into the Jewish mind, namely the ability to accept life with a sense of humor is a key ingredient to healthy living.”

    By Micah Greenstein March 24, 2024

• June 2023

  • Scott Morris: Many churches are struggling post-COVID

    On a recent trip to Europe, I found few people engaged in regular religious life. Beautiful cathedrals were mostly for tourists and not worshipers. I don’t feel in America we are headed down the same path.

    By G. Scott Morris June 04, 2023

• 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 2021

  • After suicide, Oakhaven church provides mental health services

    Healing Center Baptist Church’s Bishop William Young and his wife, Pastor Dianne Young, have continued their larger mission to remove the stigma around mental health in a predominantly African American community.

    By Omer Yusuf July 28, 2021

• September 2020

  • Frayser church holds 24-hour prayer event to create change

    Last year’s 24-hour prayer vigil at Pursuit of God Transformation Center yielded results for the community, said Pastor Ricky Floyd, who believes God will also honor the supplications presented this weekend.

    By Omer Yusuf September 20, 2020

• 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

  • Coronavirus live blog, May 4: Free testing set for Hickory Hill

    Christ Community Health Services is hosting free, drive-thru coronavirus testing from 2-6 p.m. Wednesday, May 6 at Mendenhall Mall. No appointment is required and those seeking a test do not need to have COVID-19 symptoms.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 08, 2020

• March 2020

  • Frayser church expands after donation from Bellevue

    Pursuit of God Church recently moved into its new home at 3759 N. Watkins St., formerly the site of Bellevue Baptist's Frayser campus. 

    By Omer Yusuf March 10, 2020

• June 2019

  • Highland Heights UM Church closing after Sunday’s service

    Highland Heights United Methodist Church has anchored a corner of Summer and Highland for a century, but will close because of its shrinking, aging membership.

    By Tom Bailey June 13, 2019