The prayer of the Christian is personal and relational. It is not offered to some unknown being or mysterious void. When Christians pray, we pray to someone. It is familial. God has revealed himself ...

Every Jan. 3, the Church celebrates the Most Holy Name of Jesus. “This is that most holy name longed for by the patriarchs, anxiously awaited, called upon amid cries of suffering, invoked with sighs, ...

We have all heard the expression "in the name of Jesus Christ." However, it is highly unlikely that this was even the real name of the central figure of Christianity. Scientists say that he was known ...

We each possess a name given to us by our parents. Maybe you were named after a relative or you were just given your name because your parents liked it. But for whatever the reason you came by your ...

Jesus, the writers of the New Testament, and observant Jews never say the name of God. So why is saying it such a trend among American Christians? In the Bible, names matter. They aren’t mere ...

As video footage of the fatal police shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who lived in Springfield, Illinois, circulates online, many viewers are memorializing her near-final words: “I ...

We all have multiple names. I am Jill, Mrs. Fandrich, Mom, and (my favorite) Grandma. We really only know people in terms of their relationship to us, and the names we are called by reflect those ...