Bill Tammeus
Commentator
Bill Tammeus, a Presbyterian elder and former award-winning Faith columnist for The Kansas City Star, writes the daily "Faith Matters" blog for The Star's Web site and a column for The Presbyterian Outlook. His latest book is "Jesus, Pope Francis and a Protestant Walk into a Bar: Lessons for the Christian Church."
Stories by Bill Tammeus
Scriptures Rendered in Paint
Kansas City artist Tom Dolphens creates religious iconography displayed in churches.
Jean Zeldin Looks Back on a Long Career in Holocaust Education
Jean Zeldin looks back on her long tenure as executive director of the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education.
Pondering the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care
Kansas City experts are teaming up to consider the ethical implications of using artificial intelligence in health care.
The Innocent Victims of Hatred’s Blindness
A surviving spouse looks back at a neo-Nazi shooting in Johnson County that killed his wife in 2014.
Kansas City-Area Muslims and Jews Pursue Partnerships
A national effort to create partnerships between Muslims and Jews has spread to Kansas City. It’s producing not just interfaith friends but a commitment to combat hatred that threatens both groups.
What the Hell? That’s What Local Seminaries are Asking
Christian theologians are rethinking the idea of hell, and it’s moving seminaries and other religious schools in the Kansas City area to examine how they teach students about this ancient, disputed concept. Hell hasn’t disappeared from the list of subjects these pastor-training schools cover, but such books as the just-published “That All Shall Be Saved”…
Central Baptist Theological Seminary On The Rebound
When Molly T. Marshall became president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary here in 2004, this was the inside joke among board members: “We flipped her the keys to the Titanic.” No wonder. The American (not Southern) Baptist school, then at 31st and Minnesota in Kansas City, Kansas, was broke, physically falling apart and down to…
Sikh Temple Will Highlight U.S Religious Pluralism At Lenexa Corner
On the southwest corner of 101st Street and Lone Elm Road in southwest Lenexa, not far from the Falcon Ridge Golf Course, is a large church. It’s a congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, usually called the Mormons. The path from the creation of Mormonism in the early 1800s to today…
KC Catholic School Learns, Grows After Swastika Incident
In September 2017, a photo posted on Snapchat showed a group of St. Teresa’s Academy students posing in front of a table with beer pong cups arranged in the shape of a left-facing swastika. Social media exploded. That incident at a private home “really brought us to our knees,” says Nan Bone, who is just…
A Lifetime Collection of Jewish Artifacts Finds a Home
The new Michael Klein Judaica Collection at Congregation B'nai Jehudah includes nearly 1,000 items from Jewish life.