Would you consider yourself a “disciple” of Jesus? One of my favorite faith blogs this week posed the question: Would we be better off resurrecting this biblical term rather than continuing to use the ...

In an age marked by skepticism, apathy, and radical individualism, how can discipleship form whole, mature believers ...

In the foreword to Just War as Christian Discipleship, Lieutenant Colonel Scott A. Sterling, an army chaplain, recounts a conversation he had with a female officer in Iraq who was eager to make moral ...

Long, long ago Socrates came up with this interesting statement: “An unexamined life is not worth living.” Today this thought is just as valid and true, except that I would prefer to turn it around ...

I was denominationally adrift in college. I attended Christmas and Easter services at my parents’ United Methodist church, flirted with Unitarianism, worshiped in silence with Quakers, and worked for ...

Sunday, May 1, is the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year C). Mass Readings: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29; Psalm 67:2-3; 5, 6, 8; Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23; John 14:23-29. The Sixth Sunday of Easter falls in May, the ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Sunday the crucifix we wear or hang on our wall is not supposed to be decorative, but a reminder of God’s love and the sacrifices involved in the Christian life. “The ...

The Christian rock band Disciple formed in Knoxville, Tenn., 20 years ago. Lead singer Kevin Young was a 16-year-old high school student at the time. While the band members have grown older — as a lot ...