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THROUGH UNTRUE The gospel reading today narrates that when Jesus called His first apostles, they left everything to follow Him. Discipleship seems very easy, like a walk in the park, but is it? Responding to God's call always entails suffering. And perhaps, the greatest suffering we have to end
Two Holocaust education centers at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton are hosting virtual programs this month and throughout the spring semester.
After having a week off, I’m ready to get in touch with you all again. Why not have a seat in my kitchen and join me as we chat over
Gloria Yoder GUEST WRITER After having a week off, I'm ready to get in touch with you all again. Why not have a seat in my kitchen and join me as we chat over steaming hot chocolate? These days I keep thinking of life and jigsaw puzzles. You know how you keep straining your eyes, positive that there must be a missing piece somewhere till finally it just falls in place, and you wonder why it had been so hard to find. As a busy mom with six little ones, I don't have the extra hours to dawdle over puzzles, but I do enjoy teaching my little ones the skill of putting them together. Somehow it re...
A snow covered statue of the Mother Mary and baby Jesus. (Anuja Tilj/Pixabay/Creative Commons) "Lo, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son." Every December, this verse from the prophet Isaiah is featured in Messiah Sings and splashed across Christmas cards. It's a beloved text for Christians the world over. One problem, or at least a complication: That's not what the Hebrew says. In their new book The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Story Differently, biblical scholars Amy-Jill Levine (Vanderbilt University) and Marc Zvi Brettler (Duke Un...