“How can it be wrong when it feels so right?” Probably one of the most overused lines in the history of mankind right before someone does something really stupid! Yeah, I know, I’ve said it myself! So, why is it we humans get ourselves into messes like this? Simple, we...
Right here during our Lenten journey the Church brings us to one of the six feasts of the Theotokos, the Virgin Mary. And it is the Feast of the Annunciation. Of course you know this story well. God sends the angel Gabriel to a virgin engaged to a man...
One of the human parables of every human culture on earth is the warning against pride. As the scriptures declare " pride goes before a fall." And it seems that each human tribe has a multitude of stories that prove that truth over and over again. Once such story from...
Nancy Gibbs once remarked "Virtue, like viruses, have their season of contagion. When catastrophe strikes, generosity strikes like a fever. Courage spreads in the face of tyranny." But what's even more surprising is modern studies show a spike in feelings of happiness and joy when someone is generous. You actually...
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At the very heart of the timeless Christian faith is the Eucharist. And you’ve heard me say many times before that the word “Eucharist” has its root in the Greek word for “thank you.” The very center of what it means to be a Christian isn’t some cultural habit...
"It's gonna rain. It's gonna rain. You better get ready. You better get right. God told Noah, by the rainbow sign; He said no more water! But FIRE next time!" A classic song from Andrae Crouch and the Disciples struck me, as a teenage Christian, as the perfect warning...
I have a friend who is a biologist and she is also an atheist. She’s an atheist because she’s convinced there is no such thing as “free will.” And she believes this because of her science. To her, every choice we think we make is actually just certain chemical...
It never fails. I'm sitting with a young couple in pre-marital counseling and we get to the part of the service where the husband is commanded to love his wife as Christ loves the Church and the wife is to "obey" her husband. They look at each other. They...
My best friend in the world died of a brain tumor many years ago. Anyone who has either struggled with cancer or knew someone who did, knows the radical nature of cancer treatment. The chemotherapy is literally poison used to kill the cancer. But it's still poison. Many have...
