Developers previously pitched two buildings with housing and retail for Emanuel Congregation’s Sheridan Road property.

A woman recently told me she had been asked to be a trustee at the congregation where I am now an interim pastor. “I turned it down,” she said, “because I don’t like working with structures.” She ...

Every human community has norms (unwritten, unspoken, and often unconscious rules about the "way things should be done") that govern the behavior of its members. In congregations, norms may develop as ...

Does this sound familiar? Your congregation has a committee with a name like "Outreach" or "Mission" or "Social Concerns" whose job is to dole out small amounts to an increasingly large number of good ...

A view of the old and new buildings by day. The slow but certain rebirth of North Broad Street has seen some surprising transformations and inspired proposals. A former auto showroom, and later a ...

When Congregation Coffee Roasters shut down last spring, it was a blow both to the Algiers Point neighborhood where the brand had a coffee shop and to coffee lovers around town who could find ...

Assalaamu alaykum. I like to pray on time. My husband has the habit of always delaying it. He always tells me to wait for him so that we can pray in congregation. Sometimes, it means that I have to ...