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Kellie Moore

Kellie Moore (formerly Kotraba) serves as the editor and community manager of Columbia Faith & Values. Although she is originally from the West – Nevada and California – she’s now proud to call Missouri home.

POLL: Who do you serve when you volunteer?

What groups do you feel most compelled to serve when you volunteer?

Do you enjoy working with the homeless?

10 things to know about the High Holy Days (from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur)

The Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah begins this evening (Sept. 4), marking the start of the High Holy Days (also called the “days of Awe”). Here are 10 things to know about this 10-day period.

Moving on: Joplin Muslim community moves forward after mosque burns to ground

What happens when your worship space burns to the ground, and no one even knows who or what is at fault? How do you go on? An Islamic community in Joplin shows us what resilience looks like and how courage helps to heal.

COMING MONDAY: “From Bullets to Burnings: Religion & Violence in America”

This week Faith & Values news — our five sites nationwide — will unveil a series on congregational violence, burnings and shooting of synagogues, mosques, churches and other houses of worship and how congregations are coping with and preparing for violence where they pray.

POLL: Are your religious beliefs visible on your car?

"Coexist" and "What Would Jesus Do?" bumper stickers, metal stick-ons of the Jesus fish, a Darwin fish or the Flying Spaghetti Monster, faith-based window clings, a rosary dangling from your rearview mirror ... these are just a few of the symbols we slap onto our vehicles.

Why do we do this?

POLL: Have you ever fasted?

Although they do it at different times and for different reasons, the faithful followers of many religious traditions participate in some kind of fast.

The Jewish fast day of Tisha B'Av, a day of mourning, began on the evening of July 15.

POLL: Was religious belief part of your wedding ceremony? (Or will it be?)

Summer wedding season is in full swing – but how many of those wedding ceremonies have faith at the forefront?

For some, a wedding day still means "goin' to the chapel, and we're gonna get married." The website Beliefnet has a beautiful album of religious wedding traditions.

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