Would you consider yourself a “disciple” of Jesus? One of my favorite faith blogs this week posed the question: Would we be better off resurrecting this biblical term rather than continuing to use the ...

We might not say it outright, although unfortunately many of us do, but we are often not convinced that so-and-so is a true Christian. We might know the person well, by public reputation or just by ...

The word Al-Hawaari (disciple) means a helper or supporter of the prophets, or an intimate friend. Al-Raaghib Al-Asfhaani said that the disciples were the supporters of 'Eesa ibn Maryam (Jesus, son of ...

Luke 10: 38-42 In 1999 I met an elderly Dominican at the Sainte Baume, the holy cave in Provence, the beautiful Cezanne region in the south of France, where tradition has it that Mary Magdalene, ...

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The bewilderment of the women at the tomb gives way to a hope that overturns power, shame, and death itself. Since 1900, the Christian Century has published reporting, commentary, poetry, and essays ...