In a new book of meditations on God and the Earth, feminist theologian Elizabeth Johnson explores an image of God as lover of creation and concludes that, yes, you will see your pet in heaven.

In fact, according to St. Paul, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit is the blessing of the nations that was promised to Abraham, the father of Israel (see Galatians 3:14).

When you send forth your spirit (ruach), they are created. This Hebrew ruach /breath/spirit becomes pneuma in the Greek, and it inhabits Jesus, too. When Jesus appears to the disciples in John 20 ...

Jesus himself said that “God is Spirit.” Whether or not spirit can possess the property of color I do not know but, if so, we are certainly not told which color.

Yet in that juncture, we nonetheless move on from understandings of God as remote and distant. Some might say the biblical arc chronicles changes in God’s relations with humanity, and that the arc ...

Only in Christ is the spirit reconnected and reconciled: “At one time you were separated from God. But now Christ has made you God’s friends again … by his death … ” (Colossians 1:21-22). Q.

God is faithful to His promise: “I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh” (Joel 2:28). The Holy Spirit will be poured out “on all flesh” referring to all believers.

Acclaimed photographer Chester Higgins Jr. talks about his journey as a spiritual man and enlightened photographer in his latest book Echo of the Spirit. He speaks with NPR's Tavis Smiley about ...

But now God comes to us through His Spirit, who -- although He is unseen -- is just as real as Jesus was to the first disciples. Jesus promised them, "If I go, I will send him to you" (John 16:7).

Thank God that He doesn't live in some far-off part of the universe but is with us by His Holy Spirit. Ask God to control you and guide you by His Spirit every day, and draw you closer to Himself.