Mary, mother of Jesus, was a first-century Jewish teenager. Her real life differs sharply from her image. The post The Real Story of Mary, Mother of Jesus, Is Not What We Were Taught appeared first on ...

For nearly seven decades, Elaine Pagels has wrestled with the question: “Why religion?” At age 15, she found herself among thousands in Candlestick Park, electrified by the words of evangelist Billy ...

Christena Cleveland spent much of her childhood in an evangelical church surrounded by traditional images of a porcelain-skinned and flaxen-haired Jesus. But one day she came across a portrayal of ...

But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes is a line from one of my least favourite Christmas carols. Apart from being generally saccharine, Away in a Manger depicts baby Jesus as something truly ...

Jesus longs for us to encounter him personally. Enter the love story — and place your head on his heart. Sacred Heart mosaic at the Chapel of the Visitation, Paray-Le-Monial, France, where Jesus ...

Listen, my friends, and you will hear a Christmas story that has no peer. It's better than Grinches and Scrooges and elves; it's better than any Christmas book on your shelves. It's an ancient story ...