When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Nicholas Kristof THE LOST ART OF SCRIPTURE Rescuing the Sacred Texts By Karen Armstrong In the ...

The curious thing about the Bible is the way it reads itself. Modern and postmodern folk, having talked themselves out of trusting Scripture so that they can more credulously swallow whatever some ...

Deacon Greg Kandra provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the Epiphany of the Lord, Jan. 4, 2026.

WHEN the Western Christian world divided down the middle exactly 500 years ago, both the Catholic and Protestant sides became adept at using scripture to bolster their arguments. This week, holy text ...

Have you ever taken a lesson lightly? Sure you have, we all have to some degree. When I was in school, I hated English, all those punctuations and diagrams, verbs, subjects. I just couldn’t get my ...

Maundy Thursday is also called Holy Thursday, Green Thursday and Sheer Thursday The term "Maundy" is derived from the Latin word "mandatum," which means "command" On the Thursday of his final week, ...

Easter Sunday is a religious celebration rooted in the idea of new life and rebirth In Christianity, Easter marks the day of the resurrection of Jesus Christ Though celebrated since the second century ...

Earlier this month, Vancouver Sun columnist Douglas Todd wrote an interesting column on how non-Muslims can approach the Qur’an. Since this is my research and teaching area, I thought that Doug’s ...

Pope Francis has announced his intention to visit the shrine of Fatima in Portugal this May on the 100th anniversary of the first of several reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary there to three ...

This December marks the 60th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas, a half-hour television special that did something ...