WORD OF FAITH

WORD OF FAITH

Do we need crux gemmatas?

Early Christians wouldn't have understood our practice of displaying crucifixes depicting a suffering Jesus. It wasn't that they didn't believe …


WORD OF FAITH

Encountering contradictions

I was always taught that if you can't define something, you don't know it. Often, my grade and high school …

WORD OF FAITH

We all must convert

Growing up Catholic, I thought I had no need to convert. I believed that, in order to get into heaven, …

WORD OF FAITH

The God that Jesus knew

I grew up hearing lots of apocalyptic sermons. Based on external circumstances - especially after we learned about atomic bombs …

WORD OF FAITH

Preconceived notions of God

Sunday's Gospel passage (Matthew 22:1-14) took shape long before Matthew decided to include it in his Gospel. Both he and …