To understand Abraham properly, one needs to understand the centrality of God’s covenant with Abraham. As the Fourth Eucharistic Prayer tells us, “Again and again [God] offered a covenant to man and ...

Abraham is an important figure in Christianity, Islam and Judaism. The story of Abraham can be found in the Book of Genesis - the first book in the Christian Bible and in the Torah of Judaism. Abraham ...

I'm sure all of us are very familiar with this feast of Corpus Christi, which means, "Body of Christ," but which we now celebrate as the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. Most of us probably ...

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God later re-enacted this discourse in Gen 15:1-6, where Abram first complained to God about having no child, and yet God was talking of making descendants out of him to bless all the families of the ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- On Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, the Huntsville Jewish community celebrated the bris, ceremonial circumcision, of a new 8-pound, 2-ounce member of the Jewish congregation of ...

The pursuit of the spiritual life is not for the fainthearted. After some initial consolations and encouragement, the way of the Spirit calls forth a certain level of discipline and mentoring. The ...

This week’s Torah portion, Shemot, begins with a list of those who made their way down to Egypt from Canaan. While the Torah goes into detail about their dramatic stories back home, we know very ...