Beyond Belief
Kansas City Seminaries Changing on the Fly Amid Pandemic
Kansas City area seminaries are adopting online training methods amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spiritual Seeker Builds Community, One Event at a Time
Mike Matteuzzi has created “Contemporary Spirituality,” a popular series that features speakers who encourage people to learn contemplative practices.
Age of Coronavirus: Funerals Take on a Remote Vibe
Families and faith leaders are struggling with how to conduct funerals during the coronavirus outbreak.
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.
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.
What the Hell? That’s What Local Seminaries are Asking
Christian theologians are rethinking the idea of hell, and it’s moving seminaries and other religious schools in the Kansas City area to examine how they teach students about this ancient, disputed concept.
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…
KC Catholic School Learns, Grows After Swastika Incident
In September 2017, a photo posted on Snapchat showed a group of St. Teresa’s Academy students posing in front of a table with beer pong cups arranged in the shape of a left-facing swastika. Social media exploded. That incident at a private home “really brought us to our knees,” says Nan Bone, who is just…
Bringing An Artist’s Spirituality to the Practice of Medicine
Nancy Tilson-Mallett has tapped her interests in art and science to help infuse spirituality into the practice of medicine.