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Roland Martin provides commentary on why children, particularly black children, need their fathers and the consequences of leaving their mothers to raise them on their own.

For 274 years, there has been one Christ Church in Savannah, Ga. The church began with a land grant from King George of England and previously was led by John Wesley.

Islamic spirituality has received relatively little media attention compared to politics and world events, but millions among Muslims and thousands in America practice Sufism. Many see the Sufi way as a hope for countering extremist Islam. Westerners particularly are attracted to its discipline, respect of all faiths, and universal love.

While religious conflict is dominating the headlines, there are some who are trying to find understanding and respect across religious lines. A group of women in Cambridge, Mass., have founded a book club to learn from each other's Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.

Long Beach residents didn't want to have themselves a merry little Christmas tree. They wanted a big one.

You can't tell the Christmas story without including the visit of the wise men. They have always been favorites of mine for some reason. Every year, I would try to land the part of playing one of them in the church Christmas program and one of the first carols I learned was, We Three Kings.

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, a Southern Baptist preacher who has surged in Iowa with evangelical Christian support, bristled Tuesday when asked if creationism should be taught in public schools. Huckabee asked why there is such a fascination with his beliefs.

A federal appeals court in San Francisco heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by a Sacramento, Calif., man who says the words "under God" should be removed from the Pledge of Allegiance because they are unconstitutional.

Maybe you have heard this myth-that the so-called nuclear family is a recent cultural development. That's nonsense of course, because the most basic form of the family has always been a married couple with their offspring.

The ever-dwindling Christian communities living in Palestinian-run territories in the West Bank and Gaza are likely to dissipate completely within the next 15 years as a result of increasing Muslim persecution and maltreatment, an Israeli scholar said Monday.