There are many ideas about how to increase the size of a church. But what if our vision is upside down? What if God’s desire is that we focus on being a quality church instead ...więcej »
The joining of two individuals through the act of marriage is a beautiful ceremony. But because of Adam and Eve's disobedience, sin has marred every aspect of our lives. What are we to do when faci...więcej »
Is life throwing too many lemons? Do you feel alone? Lost? Exhausted?
Life is not always easy. Each of us carry an emotional backpack that dedicates how we react in our present liv...więcej »
The Alien films are perceived to be a fractured franchise, each one loosely related to the others. They are nonlinear, complicated, convoluted: a collection of genre movies ranging from...więcej »
Before You Speak is an engaging eye opener that displays the biblical truths of the power we all possess within our speech. In today's culture of social media, everyone wants to be heard, but wh...więcej »
The language of emotions and symbols is, par excellence, that of poetry. Yet the Bible uses a language of symbols from nature or the history of Israel that call and respond in echo throughout it...więcej »
The social landscape has radically changed over the past fifty years. Christians were once respected, sought out, and trusted. Now we are blamed, marginalized, and viewed with suspicion. In this bo...więcej »
When faced with life's challenges, we need to learn how to stand and remain committed during hard and complicated times, instead of taking flight when things become difficult or problematic. I gues...więcej »
A remarkable fact to reflect on: You are perfect.
What we do in action, and what we consider in thought, remain vulnerable to imperfection. It is for this reason that we often find ourselves living...więcej »
Regular worshipers may be believers on Sunday but (nearly) atheists by Thursday. The general public, not making fine distinctions, lumps mainline Protestants together with fundamentalists fighting ...więcej »
St. Benedict's Rule has been one of the great facts in the history of western Europe, and its influence and effects are with us to this day. This being so, it is surely strange that, as I believe, ...więcej »
Pat Daly, MD, has written a series of articles which uphold Bernard Lonergan's method explored in his famous book Insight as a model that could be followed or applied in practicing medicine or prom...więcej »
This book explores God's love, how it is different from other kinds of love, and walks the reader through how that defines and constrains him. Of all character traits, justice and mercy require ...więcej »
Evangelicalism, in spite of its size and relationship to various historic movements in Christian history, has never been known to be a perspective that interacts widely in its theological developme...więcej »
Do you find yourself always struggling with two sides of an issue? Do some of the key truths of Christianity seem mutually exclusive?
Don't be surprised! All of life - including Christian life - i...więcej »
Journey with a family through six months in ""the valley of the shadow of death"" as an aggressive lung cancer takes a beloved, firstborn son through the worst battle of his life. A Purple Heart re...więcej »
Is the origin of life a lucky roll of cosmic dice? Who is behind the origin of the universe? What do the latest scientific discoveries say about the origin of space and time? Beyond the Boun...więcej »
Acknowledgement
The first step in any healing is to acknowledge what you have experienced and to have the desire to move through the pain into forgiveness and healing
FACING THE ...więcej »