The eldest daughter and son-in-law of the small-town Arkansas man who played a pivotal role in getting "In God We Trust" on U ...

The Talmud sternly warns against invoking divine compassion by referencing “the compassion He shows to the mother bird,” who is sent away before her chicks are taken. Such an appeal is immediately ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. I want to begin by reading you a new hymn just to stimulate your thinking. I don’t know the tune, but the text is as follows ...

Midway through Sunday worship, I realized my sermon didn’t fit with Father’s Day. I had a Father’s Day prayer to use during the pastoral prayer, but it felt perfunctory to read the words. Truth is, ...

Michelangelo’s iconic God the Father image, painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, draws on the Hebrew Bible’s patriarchal God tradition. In Deuteronomy 32:6 Moses explicitly refers to God as ...

I sometimes struggle to relate to Jesus. I’ve never walked on water. I’ve never turned water to wine. I’ve sinned. But there is one thing I consider myself blessed to have in common with Jesus: having ...