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 ...

(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 ...

Alejandro Quiroga has only been president and CEO of Children’s Mercy Kansas City since January, so he gets a pass for sounding starstruck Friday. It fell to him to open the 16th annual Big Slick ...

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 ...