The prophets were not fortune-tellers. They were truth-tellers. They spoke into moments when the fabric of society had frayed—politically, ethically, spiritually—and they insisted that catastrophe was ...
Based on the Greco-Roman model of celebrating a military triumph, Hanukkah was instituted in 164 B.C. to celebrate the ...
If there is a villain in the Nativity story it is surely Herod, the monarch who supposedly slaughtered thousands of infants ...

My murdered friend Eli

Hanukkah means dedication—and not to false binaries. Hanukkah’s lesson is not that anti-Semitic hatred is ineradicable, but ...
This Sunday's lectionary reading for Advent 4 in Year A is Matt 1.18–25. It is a short reading, but laden with significance ...
Contrary to popular belief, illuminated manuscripts were not exclusively made in Europe—one of the most impressive is from ...