Many people are attracted to the teachings of Jesus. They love his wisdom, his emphasis on loving your neighbor, and treating ...

One of my favorite stories in the Gospels is about a storm. Jesus had just finished feeding thousands of people near the Sea of Galilee by multiplying five loaves of bread and two fish. He told his ...

I've been defriended twice on Facebook since joining last fall. Both times over Jesus - more or less. The first defriending came as no surprise, except that it was my first. The first is always a ...

It’s the central question of the Gospel for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time. It’s the central question of the Gospel, period. If you look at the Gospel of Mark, it’s right there in Chapter 8, smack ...

One of my favorite Christmas carols implores us to share the news of the miraculous birth of Jesus, “over the hills and everywhere.” This directive to tell the world of ...

In the wake of the recent mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, and the ongoing plague of gun violence that costs more than 100 lives a day in America, I have been reminded of the Bible verse that ...

Our neighbor George recently joined a group of pastors and Christian education workers dealing with the confirmation of young people. He said there were about nine youths in the study group. In the ...

In my house is a painting of one artist’s depiction of Jesus, which I bought years ago on the South Side. I give it extra attention during Holy Week and the celebration of Easter, a special day that ...

(Tom Ehrich is a writer and computer consultant, managing large-scale database implementations. An Episcopal priest, he lives in Durham, N.C.) (UNDATED) Five weeks ago, I asked the 5,000 readers of my ...

Recently in the Living Our Faith feature, we asked readers to respond to the question: What would Jesus do during the coronavirus pandemic? The following are some of the thoughtful responses. This ...

Twenty-four years ago this week, I was in Jerusalem to cover Pope John Paul II’s epic pilgrimage to the Holy Land for NBC. After going to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to pray at the 11th and 12th ...