BRATTLEBORO -- Worship services at First United Methodist Church on Sunday, Jan. 27, at 10 a.m. will focus on the story of Jesus returning to the Nazareth synagogue where he was brought up. Reading ...

If Jesus brings a sense of entitlement into the synagogue in this week’s Gospel reading, this is the least of the concerns the people of Nazareth have. Prophets are never accepted in their hometown, ...

Here’s a brain-teaser: the name “Jesus” would have meant absolutely nothing to the man from Nazareth himself. In fact, the letter “J” never existed during his era. For anyone who’s ever wondered how ...

NAZARETH, Israel - We climbed the narrow streets of Jesus' boyhood home in Nazareth and looked out from a steep ridge. Did he really walk here? A broad valley winds northeast toward the Sea of Galilee ...

Nazareth was a very small town when Jesus was born. When my wife and I visited there in 2014, our tour guide told us that it was scarcely as large as the parking lot of the Church of the Annunciation ...

For centuries, the town of Bethlehem has been synonymous with the birth of Jesus, its name etched into Christian tradition. Depictions of the Nativity, replete with shepherds, wise men, and a humble ...

Professor Eleazar Sukenik, world-renowned archaeologist, has completed excavations of the oldest synagogue ever discovered. The synagogue was found in Yaffish, near Nazareth, and dates back to the ...