While the path to creating a great story about Jesus is filled with good intentions, there are also a lot of landmines.
Jesus Christ
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I never understood devotion to Mary. Then I had a baby.
My relationship with Mary is complicated. I couldn’t see the appeal of Marian devotion until I had a baby and understood how she embodies the life-giving sacrifice of motherhood.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
‘It is finished’: The meaning behind Jesus’ last words on the cross
A Homily for Good Friday, by Terrance Klein
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What Catholics can learn from Adam Sandler’s misfit heroes
I’ve been thinking about Adam Sandler’s body of work as a whole, and I’ve realized that the kind of characters he often plays may have something to teach us about, well, Jesus.
Posted inArts & Culture, Short Take
What the Jesus Super Bowl ads get right (and wrong) about evangelization
The Super Bowl ads are effective precisely because they’re less interested in Jesus and more interested in getting us to think about our choices.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
When Jesus went viral
A Reflection for the Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time, by Ashley McKinless
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Feast of the Epiphany: What does it mean for God to be ‘the light of the world’?
Epiphany is a feast of light, “the shining forth” of the newborn Christ. It prompts a thought experiment, a mental realignment, if you will.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Jesus doesn’t call us all to be apostles. Thank God.
A Reflection for the Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles, by Zac Davis
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Remembering John Meier, the ‘dean of Jesus research’
As an outstanding student of the Gospels, the Rev. John Meier set himself to present the historical Jesus to the world, producing in five volumes one of the longest works ever published on the life and person of Jesus.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Catholics: Stop using Jesus as a curse word—and speak up when others do too.
It is clear that most people think using Jesus’ name to express anger is acceptable. But this should not only be off-limits, it should be confronted as anti-Christian.