Amid a world plagued by violence, corruption, inequality and suffering, the panelists responded to the question: What darkness do you long for God's light to fill in the coming year? Each response ...

"Even when I walk in the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me" (Psalms 23:4). This is one of the most beloved and well-known ...

Today, Christians throughout the world celebrate the coming of Jesus Christ. This is the saving mystery by which “the Dawn from on High” has broken upon the human family. In the midst of the world’s ...

The Midrash inquires about the unusual description of the plague of darkness in Tehillim. It implied that the darkness created a far more intense plague than God commissioned: שָׁ֣לַֽח חֹ֭שֶׁךְ ...

Midrash Tanchuma starts with a rather unusual assertion. The plague of darkness took the law in its own hands and delivered a more intense form of darkness than God instructed. One that the Midrash ...

No one enjoys problems. Everyone wishes for sunny days, star light nights, and a gentle breeze. But this world does not always deliver what we wish for. Sometimes there are storms that threaten to ...

Imprisoned for distributing Bibles in Iran, Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh saw its verses of suffering and forgiveness come alive. Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh spent a ...