But how and why would that torturous event and extreme sorrow associated with the death of the messiah affect eternity in a positive way? Why should Easter be a joyful time? The answer is neither ...

A depiction of the risen Christ appearing to his disciples in a fresco from the Grand Cloister of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Italy. Photo by the Rev. Lawrence Lew, OP/Flickr/Creative Commons ...

The Risen Christ stands in our midst. He has conquered the kingdom of sin and death. The Resurrection of the Lord stops the momentum of evil and leads us to glory unto glory. The accounts given in the ...

What more can be said about Easter, other than those remarkable three words? Maybe it would help to, as spiritual directors like to say, “unpack” each word. To talk about “Christ” means of course to ...

There’s a vague memory inside my head from when I was a young child, perhaps only 8 or 9 years old. I was lying in bed one evening and found myself pondering life after death. I don’t remember much ...

Easter is the celebration of the finished work of the messiah Jesus Christ, the ultimate rescuer and savior for mankind who sacrificed his life to provide forgiveness of sin—enabling all who believe ...

For the last few months, I’ve been binge watching the various “Star Trek” television series. It’s been fun introducing episodes I enjoyed as a child to my own children. Recently, I watched an episode ...

Today is the Second Sunday of Easter. It is also Divine Mercy Sunday. Note that it is the Second Sunday of Easter, not the first Sunday after Easter. Because the joy of the Resurrection renews the ...

Director Kevin Reynolds — who teamed with Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and helmed the History Channel’s wildly popular miniseries Hatfields & McCoys — will direct a feature film ...

After Jesus was crucified, did he “Descend into Hell,” as millions of Christians recite during weekly church services in The Apostles’ Creed? Nearly 2,000 years of Christian tradition and a scriptural ...