The importance of this gardening ritual fell flat on me, but to my Granny Norman it was a wonderful reminder of our ...

The noose sways, awaits its fresh kill. The neck destined for its grip is soon to hang from it, but an aura of calmness, even dignity, surrounds its owner, as she prepares to meet her fate. It is July ...

If amateur investigation into my lineage is to be believed, Rebecca Nurse is my ninth great-grandmother, Lynne Weiler writes.

The year is 2025, and the stage is set for a clash of unprecedented proportions — President Donald J. Trump vs. Harvard ...

Almost nothing about the current U.S. administration — or many international governments — displays the gospel imperative to love.

This Friday is Jumaa’ al Hazeeneh (Arabic for Good Friday), and to Palestinian Christians this phrase is pregnant with ...

When perceived through the lens of music, this holy season unfolds like a symphony, Barry Howard suggests this year.

After years of opposition from rural Republicans and urban Democrats, the Texas Legislature passed a school voucher bill ...

Holy Week and Easter are perhaps the most important days in the Christian calendar. Many associate those celebrations with ...

An Italian priest has been placed under house arrest on charges of aggravated sexual assault against a minor, while also facing at least five other charges of abuse in other communities said to date ...

In the late 1970s, the church sent a missionary pastor to the refugee camp in the Philippines where my parents were living to ...

The burial plot of Jesus is a mess. More accurately, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem—marking what is thought to be the tomb Jesus occupied for three days—is a mess.