The Los Angeles Times carried a story yesterday about a couple here in Chicago who have chosen to effectively practice Trinity United Church of Christ's controversial Black Values System. The story doesn't mention whether the couple attends where the Obamas......

Barack Obama's inaugural address could be one of the most eagerly anticipated speeches ever given. As the world awaits his words on Tuesday, the speculation is rife: Will he be as eloquent as Lincoln? Can he match the oratory of JFK? Or even of Ronald Reagan?...

The presidential inauguration ceremony on Tuesday will begin and end with prayers from two men whom Barack Obama considers role models, advisers and dear friends. One, Joseph Lowery, is an 87-year-old black liberal Methodist from the Deep South who spent his career fighting for civil rights. The......

I shamefully skipped church this morning because I'm not feeling all that great (cold) and I just couldn't get up. I'll try to make it next week. I had the television tuned in to TV One when the "Our World" program, hosted by Ed Gordon , started a couple of hours or so ago. The episode, a repeat, ...

Not that he was planning to attend, but Barack Obama should know that my sister's inauguration night party -- the one for which she was preparing Obama Punch -- has been canceled. The notice went out over the weekend, by e-mail and word of mouth, that Obama's choice of Rick Warren to give the inaugu...

Father Pfleger epitomizes those Caucasians who regard their history with scorn. Here's why I don't join in the self-flagellation....

Will everyone dismiss Barack Obama's Father's Day call to responsible parenting as a simple political ploy?...

Calling himself "an imperfect father," Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) spoke of the need for more African American men to live up to their responsibilities in a Father's Day sermon yesterday....

CHICAGO -- They paraded through the summer-like heat last weekend in long dresses and suit coats, hundreds of families following the same paths that lead them to church every Sunday morning. They passed single-story houses and dilapidated parks before entering Trinity United Church of Christ on this...

Let's hope that a successful administration isn't dependent on the way a campaign is run....