Melissa Morgan Kelley

With her Southern accent, self-deprecation, and funny family stories, the 57-year-old mom and grandmother wants to use standup to bless audiences.

In the farming community of Dirt Town Valley, family friends grapple with a difficult truth: One ancestor was enslaved by another.

The uncertainty of the condition makes it a challenge for sufferers and caretakers.

With church funerals and burials no longer the norm, pastors hope to restore occasions to gather and remember.

COVID-19 fatigue has strengthened and challenged the faith of public health and hospital workers in Atlanta.

Amid all the moves and changes of the past two years, many congregations saw turnover accelerate.