By Christy Barritt Animal Rights Activists Petition Pope to Stop Releasing Doves A new petition is calling for the head of the Roman Catholic Church to stop releasing doves as part of official ceremonies at the Vatican. The petition was created after a recent event where birds of prey attacked the doves upon release […]
By Sam E. Stone Hosea prophesied during the eighth century BC, speaking to the people in the Northern Kingdom—Israel. In today’s text he calls them again to repentance, including words that remind us of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. The passage from Luke provides many details about the resurrection of Jesus from […]
By David Faust Common wisdom says the higher you climb on the organizational ladder, the more rights and privileges you enjoy. But according to Jesus, wise leaders do exactly the opposite. He insisted, “The greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves” (Luke 22:26). […]
By Jacqueline J. Holness When Oxford Dictionaries announced that their word of 2013 winner was selfie, the Facebook fanatic within me thought it was the appropriate choice, given the selfies that friends incessantly post on their profile pages. If this is your first time learning about the word, a selfie is “a photograph that […]
By Sam E. Stone All of the Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah were fulfilled in Jesus. Today we hear from two prophets, Jeremiah and Zechariah, before turning to John’s Gospel to see how their predictions came true. Jeremiah is often called “the weeping prophet” because of the difficult message he had to deliver. […]
