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New Jersey city teaches military cadets lessons in diversity

May 12, 9:40 PM

Jersey City, N.J., is one of the most ethnically and religiously diverse places in America, and a group of cadets from the U.S. Military Academy visited the city as part of a class on peacekeeping and reconstruction called Winning the Peace. The class ends in a three-day crash course designed to make the future officers — and, ultimately, the soldiers under their command — more sensitive to cultural differences.

Faith Q&A

Do crime and violence reflect faith groups’ failure?

May 10, 4:04 PM

Rabbi Mark Levin of Congregation Beth Torah, Overland Park: If God calls and people fail to listen, whom do we blame? One might say that the religious community has failed to create a means to convey the message. But perhaps the prophet Isaiah can help us out. He said, “Say to that people: ‘Hear, indeed, but do not understand; see, indeed, but do not grasp. Dull that people’s mind, stop its ears, and seal its eyes — lest seeing with its eyes and hearing with its ears, it also grasp with its mind, and repent and save itself.’ ” (Isaiah 6:8b-10)

God has so much power it scares me. Should I be scared?

May 4, 2:34 PM

The Rev. Justin Hoye, pastor of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Kansas City: It is easy to become intimidated when we reflect on God as all-powerful, all-knowing and a just judge who demands an accounting of our lives. Still, these truths need not paralyze us, especially as we reflect on how God manifests himself in human history.

Faith Walk

The gifts that really matter

May 11, 1:57 PM

Last year, as my husband and I were about to celebrate our first anniversary, I asked for another ring to complement my engagement ring and wedding band.

Billy Graham

Billy Graham | A gloomy Christian is a contradiction

May 14, 2:36 PM

Q.DEAR BILLY GRAHAM: Did Jesus come to make people miserable? I ask this because our neighbor is very devout and active in her church and all that, but she doesn’t seem like a very happy person. No matter what we talk about, she always looks on the gloomy side. — L.D.

Billy Graham | We don’t have to be perfect for God to love us

May 13, 6:05 PM

DEAR BILLY GRAHAM: I’ve heard that Jesus doesn’t like hypocrites, so I guess I’m doomed. I really do believe, but I know I don’t measure up to what God would want me to be. I hate myself for being such a hypocrite, and God must hate me also.

Vern Barnet

Mill work and spiritual energy

May 15, 7:33 PM

“Satanic Mills” caught my eye in the list of student works that the Kansas City Symphony would play. William Blake’s phrase is often regarded as a protest against the Industrial Revolution beginning in England in his time. Blake lived near a power mill that protesters called satanic. Blake hated the mechanization that spoils nature and dehumanizes society.

Worship and the holy life

May 8, 8:00 PM

Though different worshipping communities may favor one style over the other, both the beauty of worship forms refined through the ages and the unrehearsed, unscripted movement of the Spirit can be powerful. Well-worn forms can prepare us for unexpected moments of awe anywhere.

Faith Matters

Church is about pretending: 5-16-12

May 16, 12:18 AM

Toward the end of his sermon this past Sunday, our pastor, Paul Rock, asked what in the world all of us thought we were doing for this hour in the sanctuary of Second Presbyterian Church. His answer was something I'd...

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