Marriage
“God creates mankind as male and female, instructing them to “be fruitful and multiply” (Gn 1:28). Christ expands on this basic truth of...
Challenges and Choices
“Love is both the greatest gift as well as the greatest challenge in life. It is a challenge to love those who dislike us or who annoy...
Holiness
“Otherness is the core of holiness. The Hebrew vocabulary for holiness means to be set apart or to be distinct. While the idea has a...
Rules and Legalism
“…we should not glory in the strictness of our spiritual disciplines: in prostrations, vigils, severe fasting, self-punishments, and...
Failure
“…we see in Paul’s words, “Scripture confined all under sin” (Galatians 3:22). The Greek word “confined” comes from the root “to shut up...
Family and Relationships
“Our culture is rooted in assumptions of radical individualism. It believes that we are not only distinct and separate from everything...
Spiritual Struggles
“The spiritual journey is not an exercise in modern psychology or a path to becoming “well-adjusted.” It is a journey through difficult...
Theosis/Union with God (2)
“In Christ, in His incarnation, the Son of God became the Son of Man. In the Ascension Christ shows humanity truly and fully belongs with...
Life and Death
“The obstacle which hinders…people’s every thought and action, every surprise they experience or revelation they are granted, is the...
Mystery
“Some of what we experience of God still remains a mystery despite our entering into that mystery. Human logic is not able to account for...