If I were to venture a guess as to the most commonly confessed passion that I hear in confessions, I would say that it is anger. Just about

Just hours before his crucifixion, at prayer in the presence of his disciples, Jesus told his Father that he was no more of this world but t

In recent years, I’ve noticed that when people are controlled by fear, they are typically truly afraid of only a shadow on a wall. This is e

“Bethlehem has opened Eden: come, let us see.” (Orthodox Kontakion of the Nativity) After his brief historiographical preamble, St. Luke beg

“Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to t

In a previous IRPJ blogpost titled “True and False Religion (Part III): Jesus Was Religious Too,” Brian Zahnd presented a convincing case th

It’s often asserted by well-meaning Christians that Jesus didn’t come to start a religion and that Christianity is not a religion; but this

Although nuance is important and required when making any comparison, there’s still a conspicuous contradiction in Christianity’s historical