Mary and the Art of Prayer
by Mark BauerleinFeaturing Rachel Fulton Brown on her book Mary and the Art of Prayer. Continue Reading »
Featuring Rachel Fulton Brown on her book Mary and the Art of Prayer. Continue Reading »
In Evangelical churches, the why of the virgin birth receives less attention than the fact of it. Continue Reading »
A Lutheran pastor on why we are all, whether we know it or not, “Marian” Christians. Continue Reading »
“I would suggest that you not consider marriage again until you are at least ten years old.” Continue Reading »
It is Christmas Eve, and Olivia Pope, star of the ABC melodrama Scandal is about to get an abortion. In an episode that aired Thursday night, she lays in the operating bed while the music of “Silent Night” plays. We watch her face run through the emotions of anxiety, uncertainty, and pain while . . . . Continue Reading »
Washington, D.C.’s National Museum of Women in the Arts has since December hosted an exhibit focused on the Virgin Mary.
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Martha Stewart is not happy with the blogosphere. Last week, in an interview with Bloomberg News she griped Who are these bloggers? They’re not trained editors at Vogue magazine. I mean, there are bloggers writing recipes that aren’t tested, that aren’t necessarily very good, . . . . Continue Reading »
As a small contribution to ecumenical understanding, on this sixtieth anniversary of the promulgation of the doctrine of the Assumption in Munificentissimus Deus, here is a section from my book Discovering Mary explaining what the pope said in defining it. It is, let me stress, only a “just . . . . Continue Reading »
Like Mary, we ought to submit to God’s sovereignty and go where he leads. Continue Reading »
As I may have mentioned earlier, I grew up with Catholics on my mother’s side and the Church of Christ on my father’s side. Not exactly a recipe for happy relations. For the record, the Catholics were more gracious about it. I found the tension painful, difficult, and . . . . Continue Reading »