Storytelling takes many forms, but stories that endure, that remain popular down through the ages, have in common certain elements that cause listeners or readers to remain attentive from the first ...

In today’s Gospel, Jesus quotes the Prophet Isaiah and Psalm 78 to explain why he teaches with parables. He is drawing from a deep tradition within the Scriptures to show that its mysteries can only ...

A couple of weeks ago, I learned a lot from a children’s sermon. Right in sync with the beginning of the school year, Karen Vaughn shared the following parable every child could think about each time ...

The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting it into the box. “There are five things you need to know”, he told the pencil, “before I send you out into the world. Always remember them ...

“As I, the LORD, have spoken, so will I do” (Ezekiel 17:24). Long car trips with our seat-secure son in the late 1980s were always accompanied by the songs of Raffi, a popular Canadian songwriter.

Editor’s note: This column by the late Bev Davis was originally published Sept 16, 2005. Davis passed away Aug. 1, 2010, of a sudden illness. × This page requires ...