Commentary

Flowers in the foreground of the Lone Jack Civil War Museum.

Lone Jack High School Teacher Battles Antisemitism

By Bill Tammeus | June 25, 2023

Lone Jack High School teacher Angela Gottesburen has been recognized as Holocaust Educator of the Year by the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education.

Fr. Taylor W. Tracy, pastor of Christ the King Independent Catholic Church of Kansas City.

Gay Priest Shepherds Nontraditional ‘Catholic’ Church

By Bill Tammeus | May 28, 2023

Fr. Taylor W. Tracy is married. To a man. And he is leading a nontraditional “Catholic” church on Kansas City’s West Side that is exceptionally ecumenical.

Daniel Harmon and his sister, Katie Harmon-McLaughlin, are the Community of Christ pastors now leading the Center for Living Water. The words behind them inspired the center’s name are from John 14:4 in the New Testament.

Center for Living Water Seeks New Path for Spiritualty

By Bill Tammeus | April 30, 2023

The Center for Living Water in Independence hopes to attract people who have become inactive in church life or who have never found a spiritual home.

Exterior view of the John Gano Memorial Chapel at William Jewell College.

New William Jewell Center Embraces Spiritual Exploration

By Bill Tammeus | March 26, 2023

Historically Baptist William Jewell College has become more ecumenical and theologically open, allowing for the creation of The Center for Faith and Culture.

The historic stone Central United Methodist Church at 52nd and Oak in Kansas City became the sixth COR campus late in 2022.

Church of the Resurrection Confronts Uncertain Future

By Bill Tammeus | February 26, 2023

The ground seems to be shifting under the strikingly successful United Methodist Church of the Resurrection (COR), which now has six campuses in the Kansas City area.