Faith
Area Faith Leaders Form Mental Health Collaborative
Faith leaders have formed the Kansas Missouri Mental Health Collaborative to connect congregations with the help they need.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,”
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.
Missouri’s Execution of Ernest Johnson Merely Adds to Body Count
When the state of Missouri executed an intellectually disabled man on Oct. 5, it brought shame, disgrace and infamy on its citizens, in whose name it acted.