Terah, the father of Abram, moved his family from Ur of the Chaldeans to Haran on the way to Canaan. After his father died in Haran, “the Lord said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your people, and your ...

I retired from my secular career a year ago this month, and last fall — with all the other kids — I went back to school. In my case, I took two semesters of Biblical Hebrew, the language of the Old ...

Iraqi Christians hang the Vatican flag during preparations before the Pope Francis visit at the main stadium in Irbil, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Earlier today Pope Francis met privately with the ...

Today we hear the Genesis account of God’s test of Abraham. Often when we think of Abraham as the man of great faith, we are remembering his leaving everything behind in order to go to the land God ...

India, March 1 -- Abraham stood on a barren hill, gazing at the endless sky. He had no son, no heir, and yet, God's voice echoed in his heart: "Look toward the heavens and count the stars, if you can.

This week and next we’ll address what might be called “Abraham and the Child Problem.” We’ll see the human solution … and the divine one. We saw last week the central point of Abraham’s (still, ...