“So what are you giving up for Lent?”  I hear this question every year, usually on Ash Wednesday or a day or two after.  Reality sets in and I realize

I wish they knew that Jesus rose from the dead! “They” being Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. I remember listening to my sister’s Jesus Christ Superstar album over and

Invitation to Retreat Author: Ruth Haley Barton Having read a number of Ruth Haley Barton’s writings as well my own personal desire for a time of retreat, when the opportunity

Do you know the saying, “Time flies when you’re having fun”? When you’re in pain, it seems that the complete opposite is true. The moments crawl and you feel every

If I’m being honest, watching the national news these days feels like a full contact sport. Our heightened awareness of abuse of all kinds, the cutthroat widening of the political

It was late afternoon. I was finishing up a few things when my phone rang. It was my office phone and it hardly ever rings so I was a little

The Gift of Rest: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Sabbath by Senator Joe Lieberman When someone asked Senator Joe Lieberman: “How can you stop all your work as a senator

Jesus did many other things (wonders) as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that

Cal Ripken Jr., nicknamed “The Iron Man”, is a former American baseball shortstop and third baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001). Ripken

Lt. Colonel Lyell Rader (1939-2018) was a gift from God to me so that I would be shown a clear path of how I should follow Christ as His servant. God

The concept and strength of shouting in Brengle’s writings can be easily connected with the Korean Christian heritage of Tongsung Kido. In Helps to Holiness, as a separate chapter, we find

Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005.  He was known for his energy and athleticism as he enjoyed jogging, weight training, swimming and