The lectionary reading for the Fourth Sunday before Advent in Year C is the story of Zacchaeus' encounter with Jesus in Luke ...

Last week, Jesus taught us the parable of the Pharisee and the publican. As a result of how they prayed, the latter left the Temple justified, the former not. In last week’s essay, I suggested that ...

Have you completed the book you started months ago? How’s that DIY project coming along? How about the commitment you made to going back to the gym? You bought new shoes, shorts and even a fancy water ...

This is French artist James Tissot’s depiction of Zacchaeus in a sycamore-fig tree awaiting Jesus’ arrival. Tissot lived from 1836-1902. (Courtesy Photo) Zacchaeus was a very short man who became ...

Pope Francis met with UN leaders today and, unsurprisingly, his comments packed a punch. He invoked te story of the rich tax collector, Zacchaeus, whose heart was changed by the gaze of Jesus. The ...

“What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that Thou visitest him? Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels; with glory and honor hast Thou crowned him, and Thou hast set ...

The question I’m about to ask you is likely going to be unsettling. The fact that I’ve written, deleted, tried to rewrite in other words and returned to the initial words I first wrote reveals just ...

Suffer me to come to thee. The nineteenth-century English poet Algernon Swinburne once described Jesus as a “pale Galilean.” This conception of Jesus as a mild-mannered, inoffensive man has ...