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Pope Francis on Wednesday continued his catechesis on “Jesus Christ Our Hope,” saying love is the force that compels people, ...

Rabbi Marc Gellman lifts up love in a Valentine's Day reflection on the the only emotion that links the secular world with ...

The Bible uses various metaphors to tell us who we are and how to live as we love those around us. For example, the Bible says His people are children ...

In an interfaith column like The God Squad, it is easy to scoop up sectarian holidays and learn from their wisdom. Passover, Chanukah, Easter, Christmas, Diwali, Ramadan, Vesak all have much to teach ...

Faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” One of the most well-known passages in the Bible, taken from 1 ...

In an original on-camera interview with Fox News Digital, Pastor Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, shared his "hope" for America as Trump takes office again.

Regardless of how and where we worship, we must remind our congregations about God’s mandate to extend kindness and justice ...

When a young couple marries, they have all sorts of dreams of how wonderful life will be, maybe even how easy it will be, to ...

Have you ever heard the saying, “Do what makes you come alive, because what the world needs is people who have come alive”?