The first time the word “prophet” is used in the Bible is when God tells Abimelech in a dream to return Sarah to Abraham in Genesis 20:7. God says, “Now, therefore, restore the man his wife; for he is ...

Sunday, June 28, is the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16; Psalm 89: 2-3, 16-19; Romans 6: 3-4, 8-11; Matthew 10:37-42. Have you ever thought of yourself as a prophet?

The 1990 documentary about Patrice Lumumba by Raoul Peck (“I Am Not Your Negro”), showing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, looks and feels newly minted. By J. Hoberman “If the prophet dies, so does ...

Do modern pulpit politicians and money-raisers really resemble Amos or Jeremiah, John the Baptist or the apostle Paul? The Church of today urgently needs to be more prophetic. As Robert B. McNeill ...