I read about a 90-year-old man who studied Hebrew because he wanted “to greet God in his native language.” What is the language of God? That subject came up as a group of us was driving to a bilingual ...

“This is about expanding the language of God so every person can see and understand they are made in the image of God.” Indeed, many comments from the convention floor stemmed from concerns other than ...

“There is one God who revealed Himself through Jesus Christ His Son, who is His Word which came forth from silence.” — St. Ignatius of Antioch, disciple of the Apostle John, Letter to the Magnesians, ...

The terms for God, in the poetic language of the prayers written for centuries, have almost always been male: Father. King. Lord. And in the Episcopal Church, the language of prayer matters. The Book ...

The Day of Pentecost is one of my favorite days in the church year. In Western Christianity, it is a special feast day in the Christian Church, coinciding with the Jewish Shavuot (or Feast of Weeks).

Classicist Kuin (Lucian’s Laughing Gods) offers a enthralling intellectual history of Diogenes, the founder of Cynicism—a word derived from the Greek for “dog,” the moniker Continue reading » One Bad ...

That we are created is written in our soul. The word for that in Hebrew is “Abba.” The word for that in Islam is “Allah.” And, the word for that in the Christianity is “Father.” Rev. Dr. Sally Palmer ...

“What language shall I borrow to thank you, dearest Friend, for this, your dying sorrow, your mercy without end? Lord, make me yours forever, a loyal servant true, and let me never, never outlive my ...

Language matters. The words we use to describe God can shape our thinking and inform our beliefs. In the first reading from Isaiah, we encounter God as Mother, an image that can help us to broaden our ...