In that Child, God draws near to each and every one of us, so close that we can talk to him in the most intimate of terms and establish an intimate relationship with him of profound affection, ...

Toni Morrison has always been a writer unafraid to face horror, whom we become in its aftermath, and how we negotiate our subsequent, altered selves. "God Help the Child" (Alfred A. Knopf, 178 pp ...

So, as they began to understand each other, the two creatives also built a profound connection on an emotional level that would soon manifest itself into “Child of God,” a 12×6 ft. painting ...

Several chapters of Toni Morrison’s “God Help the Child” begin with a simple, harrowing statement. It’s not my fault, says one narrator.I’m scared, says another.Then: She’s lying.I ...

Perhaps that’s how the Church, in her wisdom, knew to put this Feast of Mary the Mother of God so close to Christmas. At first glance, the solace only seems to abrade.

Believing in a God who once cried inconsolably, experienced the stages of child development and, Luke 2 says, “grew in wisdom,” ought to prevent Christians from responding punitively to ...

The opening track on God’s Problem Child is its jauntiest, and also its most heartwarming, written by Lyndel Rhodes, the 92-year-old mother of Buddy Cannon, the producer and songwriter who co ...

Child of God: Venice Review. Scott Haze stars as an East Tennessee hill country pariah who descends into madness, murder and sexual depravity in James Franco's film of the Cormac McCarthy novel.

The Christ Child Makes the Love of God Manifest. General Audience, Dec. 23, 2009. ... a profound and peaceful joy so that we may experience God’s goodness in a tangible way, ...