Don’t be Trumped: Some little ways to deal with a big problem
Instead of fretting over the present global catastrophe, read old books, and live in your neighborhood, doing whatever else you can, according to the ability God has given you.
Reading the Bible and ‘taking history seriously’: A necessary aim?
When it comes to scriptural interpretation, it’s crucial to take history seriously — or so I’ve read. Many of us, it seems, are simply not taking history seriously enough.
Appointed to be read: The Authorized Version, my go-to Bible
I have recently found myself reading the Authorized Version (a.k.a. the King James Version) for my devotions.
Ideal friendship? Jesus and St. John
Social media seems to have thinned out friendship. What model does John present, the disciple whom Jesus loved?
Reading Scripture like a Christian
Richard Hays shows that a distinctively Christian reading of the Scriptures is readily defensible once one learns how to read well.
Behold, your Mother: Mary, the Church, and adoption
You can’t get away from Mary-the-mother. It’s her number one job, her claim to fame. Mary is the mother to end all mothers.
‘God speaks my language’: A conversation on Bible translation with Andrew Atagotaaluk and Jonas Allooloo
When they finished translating the Bible into Inuktikut, many came up saying, "Now God speaks my language!”
Censoring the liturgy, ‘silencing the lambs’
Let us guard the liturgy. In it, we have the gospel, a treasure in an earthen vessel.