Deciding what to give up for Lent is a personal choice, often involving something significant in your daily life ...

As a pastor and a Christian who has walked a path from identifying as gay Christian to living faithfully as God desires, I m ...

Three weeks into Trump 2.0, and I’m still haunted by JD Vance’s condescending smirk at the National Prayer Service.

In today’s Gospel reading from Mark, Jesus tasks the apostles with beginning their ministry. This is the first instance of ...

Today, Feb. 22, is Ash Wednesday. Ashes were a symbol of mourning in the OT (Old Testament). You put them on yourself, heaped on your head like ...

This past spring, my family had a chance to visit the ocean in Florida. Having spent several years living in California, I have developed an appreciation for bodysurfing and playing in the waves.

He wanted them to show repentance and contrition (sorrow ... sacrifice shall be eaten…” (Leviticus 7:15). The word for thanksgiving in Hebrew is “todah.” The word for thanksgiving in ...

If you have ever struggled to wrap your mind around the biblical doctrine of election predestination , you are not alone ...

On the first day of Lent, the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C., will host an exhibit on the Shroud of ...

Drug abuse is a path of destruction that Islam warns against in the strongest terms. It damages the body, soul, and the ...

It’s hard to recall now, but produced, commercially successful, popular sapphic love songs simply didn’t exist in the 2010s.

Theologian Richard B. Hays' past work was often cited as a reason for not allowing same-sex relationships in Christian churches. In his new book, co-written with his son, Chris, he reverses course.