Spiritual books to help weather the storm of 2020
Concluding the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's annual list of faith-based books are titles including a reader suggestion and a pick from our Sunday Style editor, E…
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Spiritual books to help get through the day
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's annual list of gift-giving recommendations is giving way this year to a list of books for oneself or others who seek to provide…
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That still small voice
As a member of the Roman Catholic order Sisters of Mercy, Sister Deborah Troillet, an apostolic nun, is devoted to being out in the community serving others. …
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Concordia tells state's Jewish history
Steps from where members of Little Rock's Jewish community once danced, socialized and organized some of the state's earliest Jewish congregations during the 1…
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Black pastor follows faith to ill-famed city
The Rev. Joanne Walker Flowers has moved to Harrison to be senior pastor at First Christian Church.
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Unitarian Universalist Church getting upgrade
Through a building project, a congregation in Little Rock seeks to improve conditions for its current members while making room for potential new members and f…
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Jewish services face challenge: pandemic
Even without a pandemic, the weeks leading up to the Jewish High Holy Days each September are the busiest time of the year for Rabbi Barry Block.
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Virtual venue
An area interfaith event centered on gathering in-person to experience diverse religious traditions and celebrate unity has made the leap this year to a virtua…
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Little Rock diocese adds priest to list of accused sex abusers
The Catholic Diocese of Little Rock announced Wednesday that it has added another priest to its list of clergy that have been "credibly" accused of sexually ab…
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Catholic schools reconfigure reopening plans
Like other educators and school administrators, Matt Tucker, interim principal at St. Joseph Catholic School in Conway, has been preparing for the new school y…
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Jehovah's Witnesses modifying efforts amid virus
Thirteen-year-old Ezra Hurst of Fort Smith has a set routine he carries out during worship services at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in their area. …
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A medical and spiritual connection
Dr. Nate Smith, who had accompanied Gov. Asa Hutchinson for the state's daily coronavirus briefings since March, was doing so for the last time July 17 when th…
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Leading lady
When the Rev. Amy Dafler Meaux begins her new role as the 21st dean and rector of Little Rock's Trinity Episcopal Cathedral next month, she'll start by getting…
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Sessions: Change in the midst of chaos
The path to racial healing and reform in the Catholic Diocese of Little Rock begins with listening instead of action, according to a liaison for a group in the…
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Covid-contact listing unfair, state churches say
Churches are being treated differently from other entities when it comes to reporting on coronavirus, say some faith leaders whose houses of worship have appea…
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Covid-contact listing unfair, state churches say
Churches are being treated differently from other entities when it comes to reporting on coronavirus, say some faith leaders whose houses of worship have appea…
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Race relations are in focus as congregations seek unity
More Little Rock religious leaders than ever have identified race relations as a critical concern in the capital city, according to the early results of a long…
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Faith in change
Area faith leaders and religious groups who have joined with members of the community for protests in response to the death of George Floyd say demonstrations …
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Hospital chaplains care for souls of sick
As many as six people each day in the Little Rock area would visit CHI St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock for Father Warren Harvey's noontime Mass.
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Late deacon was the face of LR church
One of the Rev. Joyce Hardy's favorite things was to stand in Little Rock's Christ Episcopal Church before services and welcome the people entering its narthex.
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Arkansas faith leaders cautious on reopening
Several Arkansas faith leaders are continuing to exercise caution in response to a statement by President Donald Trump on Friday that deemed places of worship …
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Methodist churches get aid in reopening
The Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church will use a $50,000 grant from the United Methodist Foundation of Arkansas to reopen the denomination's c…
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Arkansas churches welcome back congregations after two months
The glare of sunlight reflected from the rows of cars parked at Crossroads New Baptist Church on Sunday, where hand sanitizer, a display of cloth masks and oth…
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Hindu group feeding front-line workers
A faith-based group in Central Arkansas has been providing as many as a thousand meals at a time to area hospitals, first responders and municipal offices in r…
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Central Arkansas groups cook up plan for hospital staffs
A network of churches and businesses in Central Arkansas has stepped up to fund meal delivery to groups of medical staffs during the covid-19 pandemic as a sho…
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Returned missionaries must find new path
Missionary Kira Kraft had been in Anchorage, Alaska, for only a month when the wife of a church leader called to ask that she come to the area's mission headqu…
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Initiative assists faith leaders in covid-19 outbreak
A Clinton Foundation initiative focused on combating the opioid epidemic has shifted its efforts to focus on the covid-19 outbreak in tandem with faith leaders…
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God goes online, too: Arkansas couple says 'I do' via Zoom
Barrett Rogers and Sarah Cox have known each other since they were 13, but when it became clear last month that their April 4 wedding could not take place as p…
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Online matrimony
Barrett Rogers and Sarah Cox have known each other since they were 13, but when it became clear last month that their April 4 wedding could not take place as p…
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Little Rock churches to stream Easter Sunday services
Little Rock's First Security Amphitheater, home to the largest Easter Sunrise Service in Central Arkansas for more than three decades, will be devoid of worshi…
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Stay close, God
It was the fourth Sunday of Lent, and at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Fayetteville the Rev. Jason Tyler was calling on the nearly 1,100 members and visitors h…
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Daughter of 3rd virus victim wants father's death to be 'wake-up call'
The daughter of the third person in Arkansas to die from covid-19 has identified her father publicly as Terry Henderson, 73.
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3rd patient dies of virus in state; $116M plan taps Medicaid funds
The third death of an Arkansan from the coronavirus was reported Thursday as the number of people testing positive in the state rose by 41, to 349.
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Ill congregation struggling, says Arkansas church's pastor
The pastor of a church in Greers Ferry that has seen an outbreak of 34 cases of covid-19 -- and the death of one of its members -- said Tuesday that he's been …
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State sees first covid-19 deaths
The first two deaths from the coronavirus in Arkansas were reported Tuesday as the number of cases in the state rose by 31, to 232.
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State sees first covid-19 deaths
The first two deaths from the coronavirus in Arkansas were reported Tuesday.
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34 positive cases linked to Greers Ferry church
Nearly three dozen cases of covid-19 have been diagnosed in people who share a connection to a church in Cleburne County, while others at the approximately 80-…
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Food pantries adapt to halt spread of virus
Charlotte Davis, Rick Bryan and Cary Davis stood and waited in rain gear Monday afternoon at the mouth of the driveway across from Greenbrier's Bethlehem Bapti…
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Caution cancels religious services
LITTLE ROCK -- The Catholic Diocese of Little Rock has dispensed of the obligation to attend Sunday Masses effectively immediately and will suspend most public…
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Caution cancels religious services
The Catholic Diocese of Little Rock has dispensed of the obligation to attend Sunday Masses effective immediately and will suspend most public Masses beginning…
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Arkansas Methodists cancel events as virus precaution
The Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church has canceled all forthcoming events until further notice, according to a news release.
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An open mind
It's great to speak with others about Christianity and debate the subject, but never do it with lofty arguments and a closed Bible, Christian apologist Abdu Mu…
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Virus avoidance: 'Common-sense measures'
Houses of worship in Central Arkansas are mostly taking general precautionary measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus, pastors and clergy said.
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City Center ministry opens in Little Rock
A new ministry facility has opened in Little Rock to provide services that include adult education, a food pantry, a clothing closet and a free monthly dental …
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Christian speaker on switch from Islam
As a young Muslim in the Detroit suburbs, Abdu Murray would talk often about Islam with people of other faiths, and most often those he encountered said they w…
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Help from above: Life Skills for Youth offers tools to succeed
Thirty wriggling, chattering elementary school children in a foyer of Little Rock's South City Church formed the makings of a line at 20 minutes to 3 p.m. on a…
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Bishop takes Shreveport
When Monsignor Francis Malone was appointed by Pope Francis in November to become the next bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Shreveport, he realized it meant m…
