Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas by: Elaine Pagels From the Feast of AGAPE to the Nicene Creed On a bright Sunday morning in February shivering in a T-shirt and running shorts, I stepped into the vaulted stone vestibule of the Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York to catch my breath and […]

VIA THE GRIO: MOBILE, Ala. — Their hands waving in the air, singing and testifying, members of Cave Ministries of Saraland, a predominantly white church of motorcycle riders, joined members of Fresh Fire on the Mount, a mostly black church from Eight Mile, for a three-hour extravaganza of music and prayer. The Sunday service, at […]