I watched a tall man do something really kind in a quiet way for a small child a couple of weeks ago. Here’s what happened…

A wise and tenderhearted woman said to me recently, “What does it even mean to not like someone?” What a good question. For us, Christians that is, it doesn’t mean much. In fact, I think…

I heard a rough man say once, “I’d go to his funeral just to make sure he was dead.” I’ve heard a lot of rough things said by a lot of really rough people, but for some reason…

I went to an outdoor concert in our city a few weeks ago with my wife in the new park by the basketball arena downtown. The park is pretty big but it feels like it’s hidden in our midst. What I mean is…

You have a soul. Your soul is the essence of you. It is the deepest, most fundamental part of you; it’s like the…

I was walking down Limestone Avenue with my wife when I heard someone call out my name. I stopped and turned toward the voice. It was a…

Life is a love affair, or it should be. We are here to fall in love with God and each other. That’s the meaning of life. Which is good news for Christians because…

The devil’s favorite thing to do is turn us against each other. In Jesus’ parable of the weeds and the wheat the servants of a master find that the wheat field has lots and lots of weeds growing in it. They come to the master and say…

One of the most dangerous ways to spend your time is on how you think other people should behave and live their lives. It is not dangerous because you’ll die if you do it; it’s dangerous because…

There were two tall trees outside Etty’s window. They greeted her at the end of each day when she arrived home. The trees with their proud expansive branches and the jasmine with its delicate white flowers were…

The girl was 15 years old when her mother died. She was unspeakably devastated, sorrow became her name and fear her constant companion. I don’t know whose idea it was, but someone thought the girl should…

A perfectly healthy, athletic young man became very sick and was hospitalized for nearly two weeks. His doctors never did discover the…

Not long before he died Jesus said this to his friends, “You have power to retain the sins of others, and you have the power to forgive the sins of others.” I think that’s his best relationship advice.

The Israelites were mad at Moses, really mad, for something that was out of his control. They wanted him to produce water in the desert because they were darn near dying of thirst. He looked all around and…

The church is a school (when it’s at its best) in which we learn how to surrender ourselves, our souls and bodies entirely to God. 

Meditation is not necessary for salvation. You don’t have to meditate to have a good life or be a good person. The truth is silent prayer is…

Jesus disrupts all my partisan inclinations. Allegiances born of partisanship are governed by emotional attachment which is why a great many people can’t talk about politics without getting upset.

I tried to gossip with Teresa of Avila as we walked down the path. This person we both know had done something really foolish, and I wanted to tell Teresa about it because I thought she’d want to know. I don’t know why I thought that.

I told Thomas Kelly about my schedule as we walked along the path. I was proud and thought he’d be impressed. He said, “Gosh, you must be really important. Or maybe you’re trying to prove something?

I told Etty Hillesum that I was upset about a change that had been made as we walked along the path. She laughed and said, “Who isn’t?”