Among the anniversaries in the Church’s calendar of holy days, the ascension of Jesus Christ probably causes modern Christians more embarrassment than joy. Coming forty days after Easter, Ascension ...

“Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord” (Daniel 3:57). A sense of the entire cosmos pervades this canticle taken from the Book of Daniel, which the Liturgy of the Hours proposes for Sunday morning ...

The gospel has never made the claim that God is going to eradicate suffering and death in this world. On the contrary, it tells us that creation is groaning in eager expectation for the sons of God to ...

This article is the third in an ongoing series on the atonement, following Richard Mouw’s “Violence and the Atonement” [January/February 2001] and Hans Boersma’s “The Disappearance of Punishment” ...

Before Mass begins, I try to converse with whoever might be standing in the back of church. On a weekday without school, that might only be the altar servers. I often ask, “What have you got planned ...

The practice of tattooing has nearly always been rejected in Christian tradition. The usual proof text is Leviticus 19:28: “You shall not make any gashes in your flesh for the dead or tattoo any marks ...

The Christmas holiday is coming upon us, with colorful lights, joyful carols and people going to churches to celebrate the birth of Jesus (Prophet Isa). It is well known, particularly in this holiday ...

For those of us in the liturgical churches, the long and — for some — dreary season of Lent is upon us again. For 40 days the faithful traditionally give something up for Lent, usually a treat of some ...