The modern reader should understand the word hosanna to be an exclamation of praise directed especially at the promised ...

The Jewish practice of counting our blessings encourages us to recognize and appreciate the sustenance in our lives. This ...

Our last thoughts before sleep and our first thoughts upon waking have a powerful impact on our minds. This may be why ...

The paradox of a slim book is that it can be dense. The weight of the words feels more significant, heavier, when there are ...

Religion News Service columnist discusses Texas' newly adopted rules for teaching about the Bible in public schools.

The Puritans saw the Plymouth Colony as their promised land. That is why so many places in New England bear biblical names: ...

The number of visitors to the site was limited this year and extra security was provided due to the ongoing war on Israel’s southern and northern borders.

There is no Biblical term for “identity”. True we have terms for self (Anochi), or something closer to core identity such as ...

During this season of life, do you feel like the broken-down bus waiting for a much needed repair? It may seem impossible, ...

What do you find most irritating about this time of year? The drawing in of dark and cold nights? The hideous adoption of ...

Texas State Board of Education narrowly approved a new elementary school curriculum that has drawn widespread criticism for ...

We all have our own stories, and every single story does entail God, atheist protests notwithstanding. Whatever ...