Did Jesus follow the Golden Rule? The little kids among us might answer, "Yes! He made it up!" Actually, the maxim was around at least 500 years before Jesus' time and Confucius might be the most ...

Today, we hear the Genesis account of God's test of Abraham. Often when we think of Abraham as the man of great faith, we are remembering his leaving everything behind in order to go to the land God ...

So begins one of the most popular—and most divisive—pieces of modern liturgical music. Already with the first line, a flurry of critics complain, “Don’t make me sing the part of God!” Some even take ...