Many religious types are staunch supporters of the thought that God created humans. They argue that everything created has a beginning, and God is that beginning, the cause of everything that exists.

I write to you while looking out onto a lake in southern Indiana, sitting in a cabin where my family vacations every summer. While I’m not a big fan of summer, it’s one of the few times all year the ...

The Christian story of creation is found in Genesis, the first book of the Bible close BibleThe Bible is the Christian holy book.. The book of Genesis begins by saying, “In the beginning God created ...

On Rosh HaShanah we began counting the 5,775th year since the creation of the world. This calculation is predicated upon the primordial first week of creation consisting of seven 24-hour days during ...

In his encyclical “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home,” Pope Francis shares a new insight into the mystery that is Mary: She is where creation receives and welcomes its savior. Reflecting upon a ...

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” As a kid, I would read these first words in my children’s Bible over and over again—not because I found them particularly interesting, but ...

Join us for the next year as we make our way through the Old Testament. Despite the Second Vatican Council’s promotion of Scripture reading, many Catholics are still not as familiar with the Bible as ...

Essentialism reigned for 2,000 years. Beginning with Aristotle, philosophers had an almost standard belief that all things and beings had an essence that defined their purpose and existence. For ...