“Have no anxiety at all,” counsels Saint Paul in the Letter to the Philippians this Sunday, encouraging us to make our requests known to God. The faith of home-builders and construction workers is being tested after news that sales of new U.S. homes fell . . .

In this Sunday’s gospel, the stone rejected becomes the cornerstone. While the Boeing Company was late in delivering its long-promised 787 Dreamliner, now that it is finally here the company expects it to be accepted as the aviation cornerstone . . .

This Sunday’s readings speak of Israel’s rejection of the servants and the very son of the vineyard owner, God. Some British Christians are accusing the influential British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) of turning its back on Britain’s Christian roots . . .

There is trouble in the vineyard of the Lord in this Sunday’s readings. The owner in the gospel faces a revolt, while Isaiah asks why a carefully cultivated vineyard brings forth only wild grapes. A deadly outbreak of listeriosis linked to cantaloupe has health officials asking what went wrong . . .

“Change is always uncomfortable. Some kinds are traumatic,” writes Alice Camille in "The endangered vineyard," this Sunday’s Prepare The Word scripture commentary. Christians in Syria face an uncertain future . . .

“This isn't something I normally do. I just have a respect for fine musical instruments.”

U.S. homeownership has fallen to its lowest rate--65.9 percent--since 1998.