In the New Testament, Jesus makes a surprising choice when he begins gathering his closest followers. Instead of choosing highly educated religious leaders or scholars, he calls ordinary fishermen to ...

and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.” I won’t embarrass the priest who underlined this point to great effect during ...

We got used to Jesus’ disciples/apostles being men, and that could become an influence on our view of women in leadership in ...