nbsp A Christmas column from the Faith section of The Bakersfield Californian http www bakersfield com news columnist schultz x1797587210 Christ-was-born-one-of-us Valerie Schultz nbsp
Most of us are familiar with some variation of the King James Bible rsquo s translation of John 1 14 nbsp ldquo And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld His glory the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father full of grace and truth rdquo nbsp If one looks at the orig
Cambridge MA My last two posts - on the baby Krsna and baby Jesus and on a special poetic style in south India that praises God as an infant - have given examples of Indian literary and Hindu Christian religious resources that can be of value to Christians in the West in re-imagining the power
Chicago s Cardinal George came out swinging Wed in a local throwdown between a Catholic parish and the organizers of the upcoming Gay Pride parade in June 2012 Asked by a local television news reporter to comment on the complaint of the pastor of a parish on the parade route that parishioners woul
From editor in chief Drew Christiansen S J writing for the Washington Post s On Faith blog If as common sense tells us we should learn from our mistakes Americans have many lessons to draw from our nine-year military engagement in Iraq Here are three Beware politicians employing intellig
Cambridge MA I promised in my previous entry on the baby Jesus seen through Hindu eyes that I would return again this week to the theme of the newborn Christ seen and contemplated in light of insights drawn from the Indian Hindu context As I mentioned there we do not in some absolute sense ld