4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1005+ words) PITTSBURGH – On April 19, 1926, an above-the-fold story in the Pittsburgh Gazette Times detailed the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese's Bishop Hugh Boyle officiating at the dedication of a new church and school in the city's upper-north-side neighborhood off Perrysville Avenue. "The services, which…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (772+ words) My good friend, Bishop Leon Benjamin, organizes a remarkable daily prayer call under Global Leaders United. I have participated in the past and have always been impressed by the participation and dedication of scores or more people, committing the first…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (303+ words) "I recognize you as the firstborn of Satan." That may not sound like much of an insult considering some of the things that are said on social media today. But coming from a religious man in the second century, it…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (720+ words) To be clear, as a Jewish follower of Jesus, I am embarrassed by the ugly actions of some Israeli Jews, however fringe they may be and however strongly their behavior is condemned at a national level by both religious and…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago   (888+ words) Antisemitism is rising globally. Violent attacks make headlines for a day and then fade. What receives far less attention is how casually anti-Jewish sentiment has begun slipping into evangelical conversations. But statistics alone cannot explain what is happening inside the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (666+ words) Patrick Clancy's interview on "60 Minutes" was among the most riveting, painful and spiritually challenging conversations I have witnessed in years. It was not merely an interview about a criminal trial or a family tragedy. It was the testimony of a…...