Wednesday, March 30, 2016050What is the meaning of Easter? How would you explain it to someone? How do you explain it to yourself? One way to get at the meaning of Easter is to see its connection...
Wednesday, March 23, 20160273Someone you know, whether your spouse, a pouty child, or a friend, will soon complain about the interminably long liturgies they will be subjected to this coming Holy...
Saturday, March 5, 20160136One of the most commonly broken commandments is the second: “You shall not invoke the name of the Lord, your God, in vain” (Ex 20:7). Why is that? Why is it so easy...
Friday, February 5, 20160320I once had the privilege of accompanying a woman as she peacefully passed away in the arms and words of her husband, children and grandchildren. It is impossible to...
On Jan. 25 of each year, the church celebrates perhaps the greatest conversion in her history: that of Saint Paul. His dramatic encounter with the risen Jesus, narrated...
Sunday, December 20, 20150236When St. Augustine wrote that “whoever sings prays twice,” he was mindful of the essential role music has always played in the life of the church. (The quote is...
Thursday, October 1, 2015088The Bible contains some dense and difficult sentences. For that reason, sometimes they wash over us like the final seconds of a radio commercial. But unlike the final...
The Book of Job is a treasure of the Old Testament. A salutary reminder of the limits of human wisdom, it dramatizes some of the most stirring questions of existence:...Word To Enkindle
One theme in the Bible is the social character of sin. Sin is a reality that affects the people of God as a people; that is, it is something that emerges inside the...