Jay Parini: The image of Jesus in arms of his mother, Mary, is central to Christmas story. Like many mother-child relationships, Jesus' with his mother grew complicated, he says ...

The Holy Family — Mary, Jesus, and Joseph — at work in the latter’s carpentry shop. ... “Boy Jesus: Growing Up Judean in Turbulent Times” is written by Joan Taylor.

Jesus fulfilled Mary’s words through His work among the poor. He made marginalised people the centre of his time on earth: He healed them, sat with them and chose them in a direct rebuke to the ...

She said Jesus’ family stories “give us clues as to why he developed such a radical path of compassion, ultimately in his life and thought outside the box in terms of resistance to Rome.” ...

Best’s star-struck Mary soon tracks him down there, to enlist in whatever first-century humanitarian start-up Jesus would want to found. “I’d marry that boy,” Best declares, with an “mmm ...

Cinco Paul and Bekah Brunstetter collaborated on 'A.D. 16,' a musical love story about a teenage Mary Magdalene and adolescent Jesus.

No image is more central to the story of Christmas than that of baby Jesus in the arms of his mother, Mary. It was painted and sculpted over and over again, by such artists as Leonardo Da Vinci ...