Let’s begin this discussion by defining Mercy. Mercy is defined both biblically and in secular dictionaries as “not getting what we deserve, or another way to define mercy is God withholding ...

(RNS) Best-selling Christian author and patron saint of writers everywhere Anne Lamott didn’t set out to write a book about mercy. Lamott simply realized when she heard the word “mercy,” it had the ...

Theology teacher Sheila Rave asked her freshman students at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School to define “mercy,” and discovered it was an elusive concept to many. Besides now knowing the word’s ...

Sin — that one syllable, three letter word is an enigma. To those who don’t believe in wrong-doing, ownership and repercussions, it is easy to dismiss, to flick away this tiny flea. To those who do ...

Mathew N. Schmalz is an American Catholic historian of religion who serves as associate professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. He holds a Ph.D. in the ...