From jewelry holders to raw materials for your next dazzlingly original art piece, there are plenty of ways to reuse those old thrift store statues.

The wooden planks on the altar’s right side are now burned along with vases that held plastic flowers. But amid the ashes, something remarkable in what was not burned. Untouched by the fire, four ...

Religious statues in our homes, gardens and churches are intended to inspire us, not cause us to make them idols. Sometimes non-believers charge Christians, especially Catholics of praying to statues.