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

This week’s Arabic word of the week is, in its many variations, one of the most popular names, not only in the Arab world region but around the world. Mariam is a female name that has a long, rich ...

THIS is a short Sunday Gospel: only six verses. But three of the six are a quotation from Isaiah. A scant three verses carry ...

This idea can be illustrated by taking a close look at the names Dina, Adina, and Vardina. All three of these names rhyme with each (they each end with the two syllables dina), yet each name has a ...

Some 2,000 people attend Thursday night rally outside city hall after mayor nixes planned Dam Square demonstration, saying she's unable to guarantee safety of attendees ...

Our Lord’s diatribe against hypocrites reached a crescendo in Matthew 23. In the fortissimo of an Old Testament prophet, He ...

Christian nationalists have set up a test case on whether courts will allow them to destroy one of our country’s founding principles.

We must ask what the relationship is between these two seemingly odd words: sacrament and covenant. In understanding the covenant we discover the deeper meaning ... that the Hebrew word for ...

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

To introduce a “wow factor” that will captivate readers and listeners:  Did you know that the moment Jesus was baptized and the heavens tore open wasn’t just a spiritual ...

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

Religion is often overlooked as a factor in the lives of the needy, but those who gather at a center in Virginia say it helps ...