Are humans still made in God's image? Many find the idea of humans being created in the image/likeness of God a great thought to make the world a better place; eliminating all prejudices; inspiring us ...

Ralph Ellison’s novel depicts the quest for personal dignity in a society determined to deny it. “I am a man.” On February 12, 1968, over two hundred Black sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, ...

Trinitarian theology offers a solution for fair immigration reform. Christianity Today asked a group of contributors how, if at all, the Bible should inform what a nation expects of immigrants. This ...

Gays are created in the image of God. So are liberals. The rich. The undocumented. Unbelievers. Everyone, even, and most importantly, the people with whom you do not agree. That’s the message of the ...

A long white beard. A golden throne among clouds. A round and rosy face. Until I started college (yes, college) this was how I imagined God. Consciously or not, my version of God had the same ...

Sometimes we miss things in the Bible, though they are right in front of us. Some of our Protestant brethren (mainly Calvinists but some other denominations as well) have an almost obsessive fear of ...

I am on retreat in a beautiful and sacred place, Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center in Hiawatha, Iowa. My weekend has been filled with the song of birds, the sweet smell of prairie grasses ...

Pope Francis blesses a woman as he greets people who have disabilities following Mass in St. Peter’s Square on June 17, 2013. (CNS/Paul Haring) The recently released Vatican document “Dignitas ...

How do you, yourself, dear reader, see God? Have you ever tried to speak to God? Have you ever prayed to God for a special favor? Has He (or She) granted it to you? If you were to write a letter to ...

The Virgin Mary teaches us about God's gift, abundance, and blessing, Pope Francis said Saturday on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. "Looking at the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe we somehow also ...