Within the Christian tradition, there are three principal ways to pray. Each of these ways are umbrellas that cover vast and ...

Also an artist, Vinson is known for delivering joy, compassion, comfort and serenity — often with a paintbrush. She sees art ...

The first time I walked into church, I was shaking so badly, terrified that I would be struck down the minute I entered the ...

When a writer sits down to begin a work of fiction, one of the most important decisions is what narrative voice to use. There ...

COMMENTARY: Papal initiation homilies have long served as moments of clarity, not only inaugurating a pontificate but ...

The most beautiful ancient Greek myth is the creation of the Aegean islands, and  particularly of Delos and the Cyclades.

Fundraisers • Community Revitalization of West Newton will host a Red, White and Blue 5K Color Run at 9 a.m. June 7 at Vine ...

Fran Fletcher, a Spanish and French teacher and a member of St Michael's Church in St Albans, on taking time to celebrate God's creation.

It’s not the only Pompeii mansion to celebrate the god of excess. The “House of Bacchus” was excavated in 1879. One of its frescoes shows the god standing beside Mount Vesuvius, wrapped in a gown of ...

I began Holy Week in a Cairo mosque after a memorial service. Meeting my extended relatives, I thought about how a father's ...

And God saw that the light was good” (Genesis 1:3-4). I wrote, “Upon seeing His creation, God extends His power of sight into the physical universe, to include thought, word, and deed.” ...