“Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low.” Are you ready?

The act of planting a garden is the easier part: It’s the small daily acts of caring over the long haul that can be a challenge.

Last year, 'America' published “An (unconventional) Advent Playlist.” This is my (much more conventional) Advent playlist.

“This generation” of religious leaders whom Jesus takes to task in today’s Gospel resist the new and different.

If I had ever managed to find time to take the divinity school course on “Troubling New Testament Texts,” I would have lobbied to include today’s Gospel passage on the syllabus.

Why is bad news so much easier to believe than the good?