Faith

In many places within Union Cemetery, old trees allow sunlight to dapple the landscape and create a sense of peace and quiet.

Taking a Walk With Death Prompts Pondering of Life

Walking through cemeteries is a necessary reminder that death is not optional. It’s also a chance to remember who still needs you, whom you may have hurt and to whom you need to apologize.

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This artwork showing faces of Native Americans is displayed on the east side of the building that houses the Kansas City Indian Center at 600 W. 39th St. in Kansas City.

Native American View of Faith Celebrates Connections With All That Surrounds Us

The Kansas City Indian Center promotes Indigenous spiritual values and culture by weaving them into its various program.

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Empty church pews

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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The main prayer hall at the Islamic Society of Greater Kansas City.

Kansas City’s Muslim Community Prepares for Ramadan

Kansas City’s Muslim community is preparing for the holy month of Ramadan, which is marked by spiritual introspection, ritual prayers and fasting from dawn to dusk.

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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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Graphic illustration for artificial intelligence

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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Henry Louis Gates Jr., admires the mural at Church of God In Christ West Angeles.

Behind the Scenes of ‘The Black Church,’ Coming Next Week to Kansas City PBS

Rewire spoke with Stacey L. Holman about her role as series producer on “The Black Church,” which premieres Feb. 16, 2021 on PBS.

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Crosses on the lawn of Wornall Road Baptist Church at Meyer Boulevard and Wornall Road.

KC Faith Leaders Target Violent Crime in ‘Getting to the Heart of the Matter’

Several clergy members began working with the Kansas City Police Department last summer to find ways to reduce violent crime.

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