Commentary

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Religious Leaders Bare Their Souls in ‘Shepherds Helping Shepherds’

A Kansas City area group called “Shepherds Helping Shepherds” allows religious leaders a chance to share struggles and to encourage one another.

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Jessica Rockhold, executive director of the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education.

Confronting Our Past (and Present) in Holocaust Exhibit at Union Station

Faith writer Bill Tammeus ponders the “Auschwitz: Not Long Ago, Not Far Away” exhibit that opens June 14 at Union Station, sponsored by the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education and Union Station.

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The sanctuary of Second Presbyterian Church, 318 E. 55th St., Kansas City, Missouri.

Celebrating the Post-Pandemic Return to Worship

Flatland’s faith writer, Bill Tammeus, reflects on the spiritual significance of returning to in-person worship in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Seven years after a neo-Nazi murdered her father and son, Mindy Corporon is recounting her journey as a hate crime survivor in a new book, “Healing a Shattered Soul,”

New Book Documents Local Hate Crime Survivor’s Journey

Seven years after a neo-Nazi murdered her father and son, Mindy Corporon is recounting her journey as a hate crime survivor in a new book, “Healing a Shattered Soul,”

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Grappling With Ethical Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

The Center for Practical Bioethics (CPB) in Kansas City is working to create ethical standards for how A.I. is used in health care.

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