Jews had to pray three times a day and people would go to the temple for private prayer. The tax collector, on the other hand, put his head down and kept hitting himself to show how sorry he was.

The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector is a profound lesson on humility and righteousness. Yet while most of us can always use a lesson in humility, with this Lenten season halfway over ...

Whitehall Township Commissioner Ken Snyder, who introduced an ordinance that would approve a referendum to remove the tax collector position, expresses his frustration while holding a document of ...