Faith Focus
Area residents focus on music as a source of healing following shooting
Maryland youth find strength in song and fellowship in wake of mass shooting in Connecticut.
(Hamil R. Harris / The Washington Post)
Hanukkah: Looking back
to move us forward
The holiday should not be a commercial endeavor, but a spiritual opportunity to help others.
Finding faith in Anacostia
The neighborhood serves as a microcosm for creating a more equal United States.
This week's message from the pulpit
For African Americans, voting is about more than picking a candidate
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ESSAY: African American clergy encouraging congregants to not vote are missing the spiritual and social significance of casting a ballot.
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Local church and faith events
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Religion News
- Turkey's 'standing man' to join ranks of history's iconic symbols of human drama?
- Thousands of Hindu pilgrims stranded after monsoon floods kill 86 in India
- Oklahoma executes inmate for taking part in 2000 stabbing deaths of ranching couple
- Delaware House approves bill outlawing discrimination based on gender identity
- Oklahoma executes inmate convicted of killing couple on whose ranch he had worked
- Delaware House approves bill outlawing discrimination based on gender identity
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- Feds release first guidelines for confronting a church shooter
- With massive protests planned against Islamist leader, Egypt's polarization risks violence
- Music Review: Kanye West is eerie, erratic on decent 6th album, 'Yeezus'
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