Seventh, Jesus is the son of man (John 1:50–51). This title comes from Daniel 7:13–14, and every Jew knew it described God. (Notice the Jews’ question in John 12:34.) Christ alludes in verse 51 to ...

Jesus’ image can now be found on every imaginable commodity from t-shirts to poker chips. But has our material culture made Jesus’ invitation to “new life” itself into a consumable product? Jonathan ...

As a boy, Robert Louis Stevenson was intrigued by the work of the old lamplighter who went about with a ladder and a torch, setting the street lights ablaze for the night. One evening in Edinburgh, ...

In a time marked by anxiety, polarization and uncertainty, the ancient Christian claim that Jesus is “the light of the world” may sound poetic but distant. Yet this image, drawn from the heart of the ...

“Jesus gives light to everyone by letting you buy it from the grocery store,” says Omar, 5. The Apostle John had a different kind of light in mind when he referred to Jesus as “the true light which ...

“And this is the forbidden truth, the unspeakable taboo — that evil is not always repellent but frequently attractive; that it has the power to make of us not simply victims, as nature and accident do ...

2020 has drawn us closer to our human frailty. May it also draw us to the Incarnation. Christmas promises to be more than memorable this year thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Worshipers will find ...

"For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him" (Matthew 2:2). I rather suspect that the dear gentleman, battling a case of mild depression, expected me to give him just a few ...

Schafer and McPherson join us on the Crossmap Podcast to chat about the inherent challenges in making a 2D animated film versus today's dazzling computer animation, what sets this movie apart from all ...

Catholics encounter the miracle of the Transfiguration every year on the Second Sunday of Lent. That Sunday’s Gospel early in Lent already points Christians — as Jesus pointed Peter, James and John — ...

I was up early the other morning so I thought I’d build a fire in the wood stove as a nice surprise for my husband when he woke up. I opened the door of the stove and realized I hadn’t cleaned out the ...