Joe Martinez Joe Martinez, Ed.D., is a Doctor of Curriculum & Technology, a U.S. Military Veteran, and a San Benito native.
The discovery by two disciples of the empty tomb, and Mary Magdelene's encounter with Jesus, in John 20.1–18, is one of the main options for the gospel reading for Easter Sunday in Year A (the ...
One of my favorite stories in the Gospels is about a storm. Jesus had just finished feeding thousands of people near the Sea of Galilee by multiplying five loaves of bread and two fish. He told his ...
I've been defriended twice on Facebook since joining last fall. Both times over Jesus - more or less. The first defriending came as no surprise, except that it was my first. The first is always a ...
It’s the central question of the Gospel for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time. It’s the central question of the Gospel, period. If you look at the Gospel of Mark, it’s right there in Chapter 8, smack ...
Many people are attracted to the teachings of Jesus. They love his wisdom, his emphasis on loving your neighbor, and treating ...
Twenty-four years ago this week, I was in Jerusalem to cover Pope John Paul II’s epic pilgrimage to the Holy Land for NBC. After going to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to pray at the 11th and 12th ...
Recently in the Living Our Faith feature, we asked readers to respond to the question: What would Jesus do during the coronavirus pandemic? The following are some of the thoughtful responses. This ...
In my house is a painting of one artist’s depiction of Jesus, which I bought years ago on the South Side. I give it extra attention during Holy Week and the celebration of Easter, a special day that ...
(Tom Ehrich is a writer and computer consultant, managing large-scale database implementations. An Episcopal priest, he lives in Durham, N.C.) (UNDATED) Five weeks ago, I asked the 5,000 readers of my ...
Our neighbor George recently joined a group of pastors and Christian education workers dealing with the confirmation of young people. He said there were about nine youths in the study group. In the ...