Perhaps the most disturbing element of the whole story was the standing ovation Smith received later that night for winning his Oscar. Soon it will be Holy Week, and I have some Christian reflections ...

Some people believe in miracles. Others do not. Many claim to have experienced miracles, while others tend to avoid asking for miracles. This last category of people either simply don’t believe that ...

If there is one idea that unites Jim Wallis and Pat Robertson, it is the idea that voting is a good idea. American Christians of both the right and the left have been so thoroughly indoctrinated into ...

The hardest thing about beginning anything new is simply starting. Taking the first steps can be difficult. It requires motivation and trust. When we start something, we are plagued by immediate ...

Even his most ferocious critics agree that Stanley Hauerwas is too important to ignore. But I am also sure that, to the extent I have learned to speak truly, I have done so because I have had to teach ...

There is an immense stretch of uninhabited territory in Australia’s interior. Australia’s land mass is nearly as vast as that of the continental U.S. (carve off California and Florida and you about ...

Attention #CatholicTwitter and keyboard warriors, the Vatican has released recommendations for how to better “love your neighbor” on social media. The 20-page text, “Towards Full Presence: A Pastoral ...

The Truth Between Us #6 – For this special “Chrismukkah” post of The Truth, Dr. Murray Watson offers his thoughts on Christmas and Hanukkah falling on the same date, lessons for Christians from the ...

Many, perhaps most, readers of Then and Now teach in one context or another. The responsibility, joy, and challenge of teaching is paradoxical: it is a complex exercise, and yet the task is simple. Is ...

March Madness is an exciting time in the season of basketball. College teams with little national recognition get to play against number one seeds in the NCAA Tournament. Both teams practice and plan ...