Amanda Henderson believes we’ve always figured out how to adapt in scary, divisive times. In her recently published book, “Holy Chaos: Creating Connections in Divisive Times” (Chalice Press), she’s ...

Countries in crisis often produce their most involving films. As it was with Eastern bloc nations like Poland and Czechoslovakia during the Soviet occupation, so it is today with the state of Israel.

Two weeks ago, the children in our church assisted with the greening of the sanctuary, their final task bringing forth the animals, the shepherds and the holy family to be placed in the stable. It did ...

Back in the day, Mary of Nazareth set out "with haste," Luke tells us, rushing to a Judean town in the hills where her relative Elizabeth lived with her husband, Zechariah. She was anxious to tell ...

In the land of Israel, Purim can adequately compete as the most exhausting Jewish holiday, with children (and even offices) beginning to dress up and exchange gifts from the beginning of the month of ...

Amanda Henderson believes we’ve always figured out how to adapt in scary, divisive times. In her recently published book, “Holy Chaos: Creating Connections in Divisive Times” (Chalice Press), she’s ...