Adah: The wife of Esau, and the second woman mentioned in the Bible, after Eve. Julia: The name of a young Christian woman ...

69. Cullen — An Irish surname meaning "holly tree," this name gained popularity as a given name thanks to the family of ...

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A couple of the most mysterious scriptures in the Bible; John 1:1 reads, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was ...

For too many Decembers, I told myself while decorating our tree that I really ought to re-read the gospels – or at least the ...

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In the whole Hebrew Bible the full appellation ‘El Shaddai’ is used only in connection with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Shaddai by itself also appears 31 times in the ancient book of Prophet Job, who ...

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Happy Christmas in advance, dear readers. For someone trapped in the English language as I was in my formative years, the Bible contained wonderful calls to fai ...

Father Joshua J. Whitfield provides a reflection for the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Dec. 28, 2025.