This is an anniversary of sorts. Jan. 8, 2005, was my first “Faith Works” column for the Newark Advocate. You’re reading what’s just past the 1,040th entry I’ve had the privilege of adding to these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In recent weeks I’ve ruminated about retail formats and communications technology, and some of you have emailed or messaged me to ...

To be clear: This column was written before Election Day. So I’m not being discreet or non-topical but pragmatic. How did it go? Well, by Friday I hope we know. Meanwhile… Last weekend I was in ...

There’s piety, and there’s discipleship. I wouldn’t want to say they can’t and don’t overlap. They often do. My personal piety runs to practices that I wouldn’t necessarily recommend to any person ...

In her May 23 op-ed column, "The New Temptation of Democrats," Ruth Marcus asks an important question concerning Democrats and the issue of faith: "What does it profit a party to gain a demographic ...

“Jaws” came out 50 years ago, and in the movie, Amity Island has a billboard celebrating “50th Annual Regatta — July 4-10,” which grounds the whole thing in history, kind of. My high school basketball ...

The month of May means many things to different people: It includes Mothers Day, of course, and is in some Christian traditions devoted as a whole to Mary as the Mother of God. It also includes the ...

This Sunday’s readings offer three different lenses to examine what is perhaps best left mysterious: how faith works within one’s tradition. “Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, ...