In the bluish congregation I belong to, we are mostly silent on partisan politics, trusting, I think, that the implicit power ...

There is no way to explain suffering to a person while one enjoys comfort and the other is without a roof and uncertain where ...

Yet, when broken by loss, we do not get going ... if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36, King James Version). One more verse from the Bible. From the beginning ...

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” (Psalm 51:10) ...

When we have more than enough, it occupies our minds and actions, causing us to lose focus on what truly matters.

Lamentations 3:40 (KJV) adds: “Let us search and try our ways ... “Did I develop bad habits that need to be broken?” Paul told the Thessalonians, “Do not quench the Spirit” (1 Thess. 5:19). Are you ...

The King James Version of the Bible gloriously tells us then that the shepherds “published” (made public) what they had heard and seen. And Mary? She would ponder and treasure these things in her ...

Initially, I thought it was a terrible idea, but then I decided why not. After getting my heart broken, I booked the Eurostar, determined to heal myself through quality time in one of my favorite ...

One of life’s saddest sights is observing an otherwise healthy and robust four-legged animal hopping on three legs while ...