There’s a sense of comfort in the knowledge that God is always listening. That no matter where we are, who we are, how desperate we are, how imperfect we are, that we can pick up the prayer phone, ...

Like many of you, I do not appreciate all the telephone calls I receive. I really do not appreciate unwanted calls on my cell phone. Even with caller I.D., we are never quite sure if the call is a ...

This past week, we began the period of Ordinary Time, the counted (i.e., ordinal) weeks in the liturgical calendar. Today’s readings inspire us to think about our calling from God. As on the feast of ...

"The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the Gospel." With these two compelling sentences -- as recorded in the Gospel of Mark-- Jesus inaugurates his ministry and sums up what his ...

Our view of God, and our understanding of the story in which we find ourselves, shapes how we “be“ and ”do“ church together. It seems that, in the wider church, there are two opposing narratives to ...

I can’t remember when I first heard the term calling. I just know that by the time I got to seminary at age twenty-four, I was using the word to describe why I was there and why I picked the ...

DEAR ABBY: I’m 43, and I have been married and divorced three times. I have three adult children and a 13-year-old. My last divorce was final a few weeks ago. I was sure she was The One. Now she wants ...