Walk4Water in the rain
SMYRNA, Tenn. — Feet splashed in puddles on a rainy Sunday afternoon as almost 1,000 people came together in this Middle Tennessee town. They were…
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Lipscomb University mourns former President Harold Hazelip
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Harold H. Hazelip devoted his life to preaching and Christian education. From the earliest days of his dual careers in ministry and…
Is Nashville the center of the religion news universe? For today, let’s say so
Twenty years ago, I moved to Nashville, Tenn., to work for The Associated Press. I spent less than a year in Music City before transferring…
How five Nashville churches came together
Aaron Tremblay, now a minister in the Nashville, Tenn., area, preached for 10 years for the 75-member Leominster Church of Christ in Massachusetts. In Tremblay’s…
Voices only: Garrison Keillor leads ‘It is Well with My Soul’
Welcome to Voices only, your occasional dose of great a cappella. Our good friend Grant Rampy posted this to social media a few days ago…
‘God is leaving us here for some purpose’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It’s easy to miss amid the upscale apartment complexes of Nashville’s Bellevue neighborhood — a small, unassuming church building in a clump…
A password into God’s presence: In Spanish, it’s ‘acción de gracias’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The great — and sometimes terrifying — thing about this job is that I’m constantly running into people I’ve written about. But…
Emotions high as Tennessee church floods — again
NUNNELLY, Tenn. — A noisy, industrial-strength fan blew in the back as Pinewood Church of Christ members stepped into their makeshift worship facility Sunday. Wooden planks…
Nashville churches, already online due to COVID-19, disrupted by bomb blast
Jim and Sylvia Willis shared Sunday morning communion in the parking lot of the McDonald’s on U.S. Highway 31 in Columbia, Tenn. They partook of…
Lauren Akins values faith, family over fame
Lauren Akins does not want to be called Laura. If you search for her on Instagram and mistakenly type Laura Akins, you’ll find me. And…
