Preacher Joe Nelms delivered one of the most famous pre-race NASCAR invocations ahead of the Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway in July 2011.

A preacher’s pre-race invocation at Nashville Superspeedway became one of NASCAR’s most famous moments. Joe Nelms delivered it before the Federated Auto Parts 300 in July 2011, when he was asked to ...

The fourth album from the trio Duende Libre is entitled Invocation, the act of summoning a deity or the supernatural. The band's name itself is rooted in flamenco culture, a term of great emotion that ...

NORFOLK, Va. — As Virginia prepares for a historic inauguration weekend, a Hampton Roads priest will help set the tone for the ceremony marking a new chapter in state leadership. Father Jim Curran, ...

Leo O'Donovan, S.J., a former professor at Weston Jesuit School of Theology, offered the invocation at the inauguration of President Joe Biden The U.S. Capitol the morning of the inauguration of the ...

The mayor of Lake Worth and a handful of commissioners walked out as an atheist was about to give an invocation before a meeting last week. Like many cities, the commission allows a religious ...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Prayers before Coeur d’Alene City Council meetings could be seeing their final Amen, as reported by the Coeur d'Alene Press. The city, which recently took over scheduling ...

Atheists, agnostics and others who don't believe in God can be barred from giving invocations at the Pennsylvania statehouse, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

The Chicago City Council, like many other legislative bodies, typically opens meetings with an "invocation"—essentially, a prayer or moment of reflection. Clergy from a wide range of religious ...