The Old and New Testament - the holy books of European civilization, an extraordinary record of the beliefs and mythical history of humankind, a collection of universal truths, legends, and parables, ...

Jennifer Klee, the Frank Basile Emerging Stories fellow for Storytelling Arts of Indiana, will present her show “My Life in Parables” on Sunday at the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center.

The Lord is like my probation officer. He will help me. He tries to help me make it every day. He makes me play it cool. So begins the 23rd Psalm, as revised by an eleven-year-old delinquent boy at ...

"Jesus got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along the shore” (Matt 13:2). Jer 1:1, 4-10; Mt 13:1-9 The setting of Jesus’ parables in Matthew 13 is itself a parable. Jesus chooses as ...

For those readers interested in an exegesis of the genealogy included in Gospel of Matthew, most would turn to theologians like Jane Schaberg, not famed Canadian cartoonist Chester Brown. But ...

If you’ve spent much time reading about the life of Jesus in the Bible, you know that he often taught using parables. A parable is a way of teaching a spiritual lesson using a practical example. Jesus ...

Editor's note: The following is an exclusive excerpt from Rev. Robert Sirico's The Economics of the Parables, which is now available to pre-order. The forthcoming book uncovers the enduring financial ...

“A hospitality worker hands food to a customer while an emergency medical technician revives a person. The caption reads ‘$15 per hour because we’re the same.'” A parable, based on Matthew 20:1-16: ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'The Samaritans: A Biblical People,' opened Sept. 16 at the Museum of the Bible and includes artifacts spanning from the second century before the Common Era to contemporary ...

If you’ve ever wondered what might have happened to Job if he had a strong left hook, “Southpaw” may be the film for you. The rapid descent of light heavyweight champ Billy Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal) in ...