When Octavia Butler published 1993’s Parable of the Sower — a sci-fi novel about California burning in 2024, following a presidential election of a candidate whose slogan is “Make America ...

Frequently they are controversial, occasionally confronting. Parables were a trademark method of teaching used by Jesus, drawn from the practice of ancient Israel. In fact he hardly ever taught ...

Jesus has established the foundation of his new family: listening to God’s word and doing his will (Mk 3:34). Now, he tells the parable of the Sower to those “inside” his family—his disciples—to ...

It’s a powerful parable for our time; and it reminds us that if we’re interested in resistance, and in a new age of rebellious self-empowerment for those ground down by a deeply unequal world ...

Officials today hope to inspire a new generation of art lovers. The artist Yuko Mohri in her studio space in Tokyo.Credit...Kentaro Takahashi for The New York Times Supported by By Zachary Small ...

A new exhibit in downtown Portland a new exhibit brings the past into the present, focusing on three generations of artists ...

In an exclusive excerpt from the Folio Society's new collection of essential Superman comics, Eisner-winning Monstress writer ...

The exhibit, “Survival and Intimations of Immortality,” opened Sunday at ... "My mother, Alice Lok Cahana, told the story through her art, and she wanted to make sure that her art survived ...

Themes: Global Forgiveness Day; forgiving; saying sorry; the parables of Jesus; Christianity. Summary: This assembly, which is suitable for an act of collective worship, focuses on a parable that ...

By Robin Pogrebin Major museums like the Getty and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, along with philanthropists like Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar and foundations ...