Recently I browsed the front end of the religion section in my neighborhood bookstore, and I found dozens of Bibles: teen Bibles, “practical” Bibles, a travel Bible, a “businessman’s” Bible, Bibles ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following two stories, first carried by Baptist Press on May 12, 2010, report on a conference at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in which Bible Storying was presented as a ...

What is the underlying cultural script or metanarrative that guides the values and lives of 21st-century North Americans? And in what ways does the Bible offer an alternative and opposing cultural ...

who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, ‘Come here immediately and take your place at table’? Would he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat. Put on your ...

Find today’s readings here. When I was studying for the priesthood, I had a Scripture professor who told us, “If you ever find yourself explaining Greek or Hebrew words in one of your homilies, stop ...

I am often asked why I became a minister. Like all spiritual journeys, mine is complicated, filled with lots of people and circumstances that steered me to the place where I am. But when asked, I say ...