Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 18—Living in the mid- to late Ninth Century B.C., the prophet Elisha succeeded his mentor Elijah to perform many miracles ...

Singer/songwriter Shlomo Gleyzer has released a stirring new song titled Elisha, inspired by the well-known story in Sefer ...

Photo by S. Hayashi, courtesy of Unsplash. This Sunday’s readings offer a reflection on the curious life of the prophet Elisha. In the mundane rhythms of his existence, we can find the means to ...

Today's Liturgy of the Word starts with part of a great story. In 1 Kings 5, we hear about a military commander named Namaan, a little girl captive and the prophet Elisha. When Naaman contracts a skin ...

"Size of picture 13 feet by 11. 'And the bands of the moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. And it came to pass as they were burying aman, that, behold, they spied a band of men, and ...

I worked in a filling station for four years. One day I hurt my back working under the grease rack, and for a while my father, a rural pastor, regularly drove me 12 miles from our small town to ...

King Yehoram blamed the prophet Elisha for a famine in the besieged city Shomron. Elisha prophesized sudden abundance, but the king’s deputy refused to believe the people would be saved because of ...

Today’s readings highlight the benefits of having faith in God. The readings also reveal the risks and requirements that come with discipleship. In the first reading, a “woman of influence” shows ...

Living in the mid- to late Ninth Century B.C., the prophet Elisha succeeded his mentor Elijah to perform many miracles including healing the sick, raising the dead, parting the waters of the Jordan ...