Does becoming what you were made for sound inviting, intimidating, or impossible? Do you want God’s transforming presence in your life,...

In 1501, a young Michelangelo was handed an enormous block of marble. It was deeply flawed, rejected by other sculptors who deemed it...

Welcome to 2025! I wonder if you have responded to Dom's invitation to make this year a year of intentionality, of welcoming God's...

As the old year comes to a close and the New Year dawns, we often turn our thoughts to resolutions... those ambitious declarations of...

During World War I, on Christmas Eve of 1914, something extraordinary happened along the Western Front. Amid the chaos of war, soldiers...

The first week of Advent, we lit the candle of HOPE , welcoming with anticipation what lay ahead; the second week, we lit the candle of...

Advent invites us into a season of waiting, wonder, and reflection. It’s a time to consider the profound reality of God’s kingdom...

What? God’s Right-Side-Up Kingdom? Did you really read that? Yes, you did! Last Advent, we wrote about God’s Upside-Down Kingdom,...

I wonder which is your favorite celebration during the year. I know, for my family, the answer would be Christmas—for a variety of...

I called him saucy from the moment I first saw him,                                                            as if he were lauding it...

I have spent a week traveling, attending two different retreats. One was a Mentoring Community Retreat, and the other was a Youth...

Is your life littered with a pile of unanswered prayers that you have tried to push under the carpet so the pain of them becomes somewhat...

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you,                                for this sums up the Law and the...

Have you ever heard a sermon preached on a story from the Bible that you thought you knew so well, and have the preacher bring out...

Jesus said, “You have heard it was said ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those...

Election seasons can bring out the worst in us. As Christians, we are called to love one another, but it’s easy to forget this...

I first noticed the mess of grass and weeds hanging down from above two of our motion lights in our driveway. Then, I noticed a robin,...

“When you fast,” Jesus said, not “if you fast”. I don't know what your experience with fasting has been, but I know that it's not...

What is prayer like? It is a question I posed to my seminary students. Here is a story one of my students recently told me: "It was one...

I hate grocery shopping! I hate the time it takes to replace all we have eaten in the past week—buying the same stuff over and over I...