Christena Cleveland spent much of her childhood in an evangelical church surrounded by traditional images of a porcelain-skinned and flaxen-haired Jesus. But one day she came across a portrayal of ...
"And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light" (Matthew 17:2). This verse comes from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels ...
This is a fundamental point of Christian faith, which Dei Verbum reminds us of: Jesus Christ radically transforms man’s ...
Christ’s resplendence in the Transfiguration says more than we think. Jesus Christ is arguably the most famous man who ever lived. His image is everywhere. But what did the God-Man from Nazareth ...
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Jesus, the gift of God

Dr Luke, in his Gospel, narrated how Simeon, aged and a devout child of God, was made to go to the temple one day by God. As he lifted one baby, he heard, “This is He”. That was the Saviour he had ...
We’ve got little information on Jesus’ appearance and personality. But that’s the way God designed it. Not long ago, I came across several portraits of Christ that someone had posted online. Using the ...
This is Armenian artist Toros Roslin’s depiction of Jesus saving Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace. Roslin lived from 1210-70. (Courtesy Photo) The story of the Fourth Man in the ...
Because I was raised in a conservative evangelical church and now work alongside women in pastoral roles at an ecumenical nonprofit, I have consumed a plethora of books about the role of women in ...