Even the best father on earth is flawed and can give us a blurry vision of God our Father. As a teacher, I knew some of my students had never met their father.

And we, for our part, need to become comfortable calling God our Father, our heavenly Dad. He’s given us permission. He’s called us his sons and daughters.

Paul Prather: Some people in contemporary Christianity seem to shy away from referring to God as the Father because of the baggage. I get that, but I also respectfully disagree.

Michelangelo’s iconic God the Father image, painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, draws on the Hebrew Bible’s patriarchal God tradition. In Deuteronomy 32:6 Moses explicitly refers to God as ...

In the Our Father we have a given prayer that can fit any need. But even in our own words, our pleas, our gratitude, we can seek and receive God’s grace.

The Our Father, or the Lord’s Prayer, is one of the most fundamental prayers and practices in our faith. Most Catholics have said it thousands of times and may be tempted to go on autopilot when ...