An Oldsmar artist who designs colorful murals and kid-themed environments for churches, schools, restaurants and amusement parks stars in a new reality show debuting Sunday on a Christian-owned cable network. ...more

October 31, 2009

An Oldsmar artist who designs colorful murals and kid-themed environments for churches, schools, restaurants and amusement parks stars in a new reality show debuting Sunday on a Christian-owned cable network. "The Wacky World of Bruce Barry" debuts at 9 p.m. Sunday on Family Net, a family-friendly cable network launched by television minister Charles F. Stanley, president of In Touch Ministries. (In the Tampa area, it's on Verizon Fios, channel 242). ...more

October 30, 2009

The pastor deflected the first of the gunman's four rounds with a Bible, sending a confetti-like spray of paper into the air in a horrifying scene worshippers initially thought was a skit, police said. ...more

March 9, 2009

St. Peter's Episcopal Church's historical sanctuary turned a century old this year. ...more

December 31, 2008

Earlier this month, a guest took the pulpit at Open Bible Fellowship in Morrison, Ill., a 350-member church surrounded by cornfields. The speaker was an insurance salesman from Colorado named Ted Haggard. ...more

November 23, 2008

Blessed Hope Church of God By Faith, one of the area's newest black Pentecostal churches, celebrated its third anniversary in August. ...more

September 20, 2008

Three weeks ago, Judy Ballenger of Westminster, S.C., wrote to say that she read this column while she was in town recently and wanted to share recipes she had from a church cookbook for Pickled Okra Ham Rolls and Banana Split Cake. ...more

August 20, 2008

The Rev. James Givins is sentimental about the 99-year-old church he is leaving behind. ...more

June 21, 2008

During the recent approval process for historic preservation status for St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, City Councilwoman Linda Saul-Sena said what she likes best is that the 1904-built church "has changed very little." ...more

January 2, 2008

During the recent approval process for historic preservation status for St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, city Councilwoman Linda Saul-Sena said what she likes best is that the 1904-built church "has changed very little." ...more

December 29, 2007