Facing rising inflation, escalating fuel costs and the likely shortages of necessities may be hard, but it need not be scary. Our country has faced scarcity before. We weathered the shortages during ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Nicholas Kristof THE LOST ART OF SCRIPTURE Rescuing the Sacred Texts By Karen Armstrong In the ...

The sacrosanct Scripture reflection spreadsheet is circulated among staff members at America. Our associate editor, Molly Cahill, has posted the schedule for reflections, with each staff member being ...

Fewer than half of Americans (44%) say they pray each day. This is a substantial decline from the first Religious Landscape Study (RLS) conducted in 2007, when 58% said they prayed at least once a day ...

Engaging our senses can help us connect with the Bible in a more holistic way. We all lead diverse sensory lives—in the form of memories, reflections, emotions, and events that become embedded into ...

Readings: Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 I cannot say that I dislike or disapprove of the saying. I use it myself. But I still stiffen when someone says, ...

This year, the Jewish festival of Passover – April 10 to 18 – coincides with the Christian celebration of Easter. And Easter, somewhat unusually, falls on April 16 in both the Orthodox and Western ...

Thomas Aquinas would have agreed with a comment on this website that he was as vulnerable to error as anyone else and should never be taken as "the truth". He has ...

The beautiful bride, gripping her proud father’s arm, was poised to make her way to the altar. But not before the entrance of her thirteen-month-old nephew. Instead of carrying the more common ...