Beyond Belief
Scriptures Rendered in Paint
Kansas City artist Tom Dolphens creates religious iconography displayed in churches.
Kansas City Religious Leaders Grapple With The Notion of Ghosts
Ghost stories do more than just frighten us. They also inspire more serious discussions of the soul and afterlife.
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…
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.