Daniel Davidson, a veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, says the trials of life on the front lines brought him closer to God. Here, Davidson reflects upon feeling God’s presence in the still of the night while on guard duty in Afghanistan, as Chaplin Benita Livingston, with the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Memphis, [...]

Master gardener, and retired Navy Chaplin, Anne Krekelberg talks about how she finds God in her garden, and how being a good steward of the land is part of her spiritual journey. She is learning to live with the many critters that inhabit her wooded lot in Bartlett. Her home will be on the Third [...]

I have long supported equality for all and been very public about it for years. Acting on my beliefs about equality for all, I left my former denomination to embrace a spiritual philosophy that speaks to the oneness of all. It was a move that cost me a great deal personally but I reached the [...]

Tell us about The Teacher Who Changed My Life – and why. I’m a person who constantly reads. My usual pattern is to read several books at a time. And all of this is possible in large part because of my teacher at Wogaman Elementary School in Dayton, Ohio, Norma George. When I started the first [...]

Prayers from the Pub: 2010 International Blues Challenge Champion Grady Champion sings a prayer of thanksgiving while performing at Huey’s. He says his blues is very spiritual and he believes his music touches people spiritually. Champion is one of 22 children. He is singing “Thank You for Giving me the Blues,” a song that has [...]

An Easter meditation. Behold, I make all things new! Revelation 21:5 set to photographs, harp and additional scripture from 2 Corinthians: ” Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! ” 2 Corinthians 5:17 Find these photographs in Sunday’s Viewpoint section, along with ideas about the meaning [...]

Morning Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Cordova, Tenn. started in 1875 as a brush arbor where people worshiped under trees and sat on stumps. Today, the church is located at 9441 Grove Road near Berryhill and Grove Road. Elders reflect on how far their church has come as they celebrate moving into a new building, [...]

Wayne Jackson of the Memphis Horns, who received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award on Feb. 11, talks about his magical journey as a sideman for many of the greatest musicians of our time, and the special friendship he shared with Andrew Love, the other half of the Horns. Wayne gives the credit to God, whom [...]

Rejoice; a meditation. This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24. These horses at Shelby Farms are the backdrop for reflection on the scripture.

After Hurricane Katrina Bob Sunda was put off the river boat he worked on at the cobblestones in downtown Memphis and given $200. He found gigs in and around town before he becoming a teacher at Rhodes College and settling into playing for a church in Nesbit, Mississippi. Here, he speaks about how all music [...]