God does not require or seek our abasement. Indeed, as the fullness of life and love—which is how we might define God even while never having fully encountered him—God already opens himself to us, ...

"In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because ‘God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.’ ...

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means that Jesus says, “My yoke is easy and my burden light.” Although today’s readings do not include that line, they resonate with it: The first reading ...

Christian thinkers have long wrestled with what it means to claim that the God of Jesus Christ is for us. In a dense, probing work of constructive theology, Matthew A. Wilcoxen asks: What if humility ...

Each year, on Feb. 2, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, is observed, marking 40 days after Christmas. This day commemorates Jesus’ presentation to God in the Temple, in accordance with Jewish ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. Christmas demands faith, because Christmas is a mystery. Our reason cannot succeed in trying to understand how God could ...

Upon reading the Book of Ruth on Shavuot a couple of days ago I was struck by two traits exhibited by the main protagonists, Naomi, Ruth and Boaz. The two traits are humility and trembling before God.

A quote from Pope Francis: “If God prefers humility it is not to debase us: humility is the necessary precondition for being lifted up again by Him, so as to experience the mercy that comes to fill ...

Many of the virtues we most admire in mature Christians are precisely the qualities that suffering helps cultivate.

“If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him,” said Voltaire. The question arises: what sort of a God do we want? The vast majority of men and women want God who is a sort of a ...

In the divine world, even gods carry pride and power. But what happens when someone’s strength is pure and fearless? हनुमान जी, the ultimate embodiment of devotion and courage, showed that true power ...

Two years ago, the bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Texas, Andrew Doyle, was troubled. His chief worry: that the Episcopal Church’s war over homosexuality was fated to distract the faithful from the ...