Too soon Simeon's words found their mark and Mary's heart was sharply pierced with pain. Driven out into the dark by the angel's warning, the young family slipped away from Bethlehem, More »

Every year on August 6, the church celebrates one of the most dramatic moments in the gospel, when Jesus' first followers are given a glimpse of his heavenly glory. Peter, James, and John have climbed a high mountain with their Master, when he is suddenly transfigured before their eyes. His face and clothing blaze with light; Moses and Elijah appear and begin speaking with him; and the Father's voice rings out a message of love and a command to listen (Matthew 17:1-9). More »

"He said to her, 'Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.'" (Mark 5:34) More »

As I was growing up, my family could have said, with the disciples of John the Baptist whom Paul discovered at Ephesus, “We haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit” (Acts 19:2). But we were spared a total aridity because we knew someone who, without our realizing it, was filtering the Holy Spirit to us. It was Mary. Somehow in this woman we were given some inkling of who or what the Holy Spirit is. More »

Try to imagine the paradox: The cross, an instrument of extreme cruelty and disgrace, has become God's instrument of triumph and glory. With the battle over sin and death accomplished, Jesus now sits exalted in glory at the right hand of the Father. More »

Lent of the year 387 was an anxious season for the Christians of Antioch. More »

“God has a plan for your life.” I have heard the phrase countless times and never really doubted it. But it took a jolt to bring that truth home more deeply. More »

Sometimes, the first day of school feels more like New Year’s Day than the first of January does. Classes are back in session; fall sports, religious ed, and other activities and meetings resume&mdasha new year has begun! It seems like a logical time for making a “back-to-school” resolution. More »