Last Sunday, we celebrated Pentecost which commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit. The feast reminds us that God is ever-present in our lives, hopefully informing and inspiring our actions. This ...

This Sunday, the readings highlight the Judeo-Christian wisdom tradition found in Scripture. Wisdom literature takes many forms in the Bible. One form is as a set of “sayings,” aphorisms and proverbs, ...

Recently the NPR program "Science Friday" featured a young biologist named Danielle Lee. In the course of talking about the excitement of her career, she commented that individual curiosity is the ...

In our fast-paced world and environment, the Complexities and Demands of modern life often push us to the brink of stress and anxiety. Surprisingly, for many, peace and spiritual strength is found in ...

Today’s readings tell the tale of what becomes of wisdom without love. The Book of Wisdom gives a wonderful portrait of a noble soul, but the first reading is also a prelude to a tragedy. "The spirit ...

She earned a bachelor’s degree from Stern College and completed both her MA and PhD in Bible at Bar-Ilan University. Her focus is on biblical studies, textual analysis, and the history of Jewish ...

(RNS) — Bible societies are attempting to understand why, in a time when 90% of the world’s population has access to the Christian sacred text, relatively few consider it a foundation of their lives. ...