Posts Tagged ‘Religion’
An Oasis for the Less Religious
Kansas City Oasis is a secular non-profit that allows atheists and agnostics to make human connections without spiritual commitments.
Read MoreSikh 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…
Read MoreBreaking Down Negative Portrayals of Muslim Women
Flatland sat down with four women to talk about the Muslim, women leaders they look up to.
Read MoreBeliefs Ease Strain of Rime Buddhist Center Financial Struggles
In early March, the winter-brown grass on the vacant lot at the northwest corner of 30th Street and Highland in Kansas City reflected the harsh winter weather that pummeled the city for several months. It looked beaten, exhausted, almost breathless. But this land is where the Rime (pronounced REE-may) Buddhist Center has placed its long-term…
Read MoreYou’ll Find Clergy In All Sorts Of Places Around Kansas City
Keith Brown is a Protestant pastor who works in an elementary charter school, not a church. Jonathan Rudnick is a rabbi who doesn’t work in a synagogue but as a “community rabbi.” And Sulaiman Z. Salaam Jr. is an imam at a small mosque, but to earn a living, he operates a franchise restaurant at…
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