The story goes like this: King Jehoash comes to visit Elisha on his sickbed "He cried before him and said, 'Father! Father! Israel's chariot and horsemen!'. Elisha told him to get a bow and arrows and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today we interrupt our series of readings from Mark’s Gospel and turn, on four of the next five Sundays, to Jesus’ discourse on the “bread of life” in John 6. These Johannine texts will provide an ...

A story in the Old Testament book of 2 Kings Chapter four has been forgotten by many so-called Christian leaders in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. The story is about the prophet Elisha traveling ...

The dramatic and emotionally powerful haftara of Parshat Vayera tells the story of a barren Shunamite woman who performs the kindness of welcoming the prophet Elisha into her home. When Elisha asks ...

I can remember as a little boy in children’s church our teacher leading us in “Onward Christian Soldiers” and then leading us in a Bible drill I still recite today. She would say, “Boys and girls hold ...

Mduduzi Dube, known as Prophet Black Elisha, has sparked fresh controversy with the introduction of a "spiritual mat" used in his deliverance sessions. The mat is reportedly used by individuals ...