A new film out this week depicting the life of Jesus aims to reach an audience its director says has long been overlooked. "JESUS: a Deaf Missions film," will be the first of its kind made up of a ...

Stories about Jesus Christ have been shared for centuries. But Joseph Josselyn, a deaf Christian and film director, is telling a story about Christ in American Sign Language — for the first time ever.

Joseph Josselyn remembers being fascinated by the 1977 drama “Jesus of Nazareth” — but as a deaf child, he had to rely on closed captions to catch the dialogue. “I had this thought: I wonder what it ...

Leon Devriendt is happy he is deaf because he has the opportunity to help others. “Yes, I am very happy to be a deaf person. God gave me such a gift,” Devriendt said through an interpreter with a ...

It’s the 23rd Sunday in ordinary time and today’s gospel shifts from the three weeks of the Bread of Life Discourse and moves on to another title that we call our Lord Jesus Christ, as a healer of the ...

The sign language film with subtitles screens in downtown Santa Rosa Sunday. Actor Chris DeSouza, who was born and grew up in Santa Rosa, has a key role in an American Sign Language film about Jesus, ...

Joseph Josselyn remembers being fascinated by the 1977 drama Jesus of Nazareth—but as a Deaf child, he had to rely on closed captions to catch the dialogue. “I had this thought: I wonder what it would ...

The gospel today is another one of the many wonderful messages of God’s love through His Son. It reminds us that the physical healing Jesus performed are but illustrations of what He can do in the ...