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I remind my young son every day how much I love him. Over the past months, I'd noticed he'd been worried and sad. Like many kids his age, he was [...]

Our 6-year-old recently informed my wife and me that he would be going to college three times--because he wanted to be 1) an explorer, 2) a paleontologist, and 3) a [...]

Some days are like a hot iron, searing their events into your memory. This was one of them--sun shining, birds chirping, and me playing on the front porch of our [...]

Growing up, I was angry at God. To me, he was either heartless or distant, if he even existed at all. In any event, I wanted nothing to do with [...]

PERSPECTIVE One of the most remarkable people I have met along this journey of life is the late Jesuit Fr. John Haughey His keen mind was matched by his amusing [...]

Gn 15:5-12,17-18; Ps 27; Phil 3:17-4:1; Lk 9:28b-36 Last week, Luke invited us to be with the vulnerable Jesus as he was hungry, tempted and debating with the devil. This [...]

I watched the jet streaming across the sky and wondered at how many people were inside; I wondered where they were going and if they were nervous about speeding along [...]

Long before Jesus was condemned by Pontius Pilate and rejected by the authorities, denied by Peter and betrayed by Judas, misunderstood by his followers and chased away by his townspeople, [...]

'TEACH US to number our days aright," Moses asked God, "that we may gain a heart of wisdom" (Ps. 90:12). There is a right way to tally up days. There's […]

My favorite mystery ended, and the Screensaver satellite image of earth began. I felt too awake to go to bed so I sat, fascinated with watching the picture. I focused [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Elisabeth! * John needs to be changed again." My mother-in-law's voice filtered through my fog of exhausted sleep. For the fourth time that night, Agnes and I tackled […]

I recently visited my friend Sharon, a veteran believer whose extraordinary warmth and hospitality manifest themselves in a whopper of a peanut butter pie. I can still taste the sugary […]

"When will I get my turn to hang a white dress in my closet?" I mumbled as I hung up my fourth bridesmaid dress last summer. A single 29-year-old, I'd […]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Two days before my divorce was finalized, I came across a childhood picture of myself. In it I wore a bright, innocent smile, and my eyes sparkled with […]

Have you ever played golf? Do you know what the 'back 9' is? Well, here is God, firmly planted on the green, ready to swing into action. Sound intriguing? Then [...]

SHE FELT like God had to make special 'interventions' in her life to make right all the wrong she had done and had experienced at the hands of others. 'It's [...]

For the final night of our church's seventh and eighth grade confirmation class, members of the pastoral staff divide up the kids and send them off to different parts of [...]

Ah, summer -- watermelon, hot lazy days, stretching under a shady tree to read a good book. Life seems to slow down all around us as the heat grows in [...]

'God' gets a hip voice in campaign's second coming He's 'everybody's homey.' Make that Homey. As many had hoped and some had predicted, God is returning to Earth this year. [...]

NOVEMBER 13, 2016, THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Patricia Datchuck Sanchez Mal 3:19-20a; Ps 98; 2 Thes 3:7-12; Lk 21:5-19 After a stint of several years in Africa, a European [...]

It's February in the Cariboo. Bleak midwinter--earth like iron, water like stone, snow on snow; cold, howling drifts of the stuff. For those of us who live anywhere north of [...]

When I entered the Jesuit novitiate, I was baffled about what it meant to have a 'relationship' with God. We novices heard about that a great deal, and I was [...]

The readings for February include the final Sundays of Epiphany and the first Sundays of Lent, linked by the pivot of Ash Wednesday. The two Sundays of Epiphany feature the [...]

AS ABRAHAM LINCOLN struggled to make sense of a war that threatened to tear apart the United States, a pastor reassured him that God was on the side of the [...]

It was 4 a.m., and a new friend and I were finishing our third cup of French press coffee in a dusky room in downtown New York. Maybe it was [...]

After the death of a musician, husband, and father who was a beloved student and friend of many at the American Jewish University, Rabbi Artson found that several members of [...]

This summer, who will save you? If the list of films slated for summer release is any indication, your saviour won't appear in the usual spandex bodysuit, because they're too […]

God uses physical challenges to spiritually transform us. He does not permit suffering to burden or punish us, but creates circumstances so that we recognize the need for Him in […]

AT A WORKSHOP I ONCE GAVE, one participant made clear his disinterest in writing fiction; he wanted to learn how to write only what is "true." I tried to explore […]

There is no earthly treasure, human accomplishment, or enthralling romance that can compare with the joy of walking with our Creator. No money can buy His presence or His friendship. [...]

I spend the majority of my time pushing a cart which holds a laptop and a projector. Time is of the essence as I roll from class to class having [...]

If you've read Angelique's story, you see that her life was not easy. Yet when she put her trust in Creator and accepted Jesus, He opened doors for her that [...]

We all know that family is important. Some people like Beth McKenna Neufeld can trace their family tree back a couple centuries. For others, the roots of their family tree [...]

If you wrote down your 10 most H important priorities in life, I 'preparing for the second ad-I vent of Jesus and the end time' might not be too high [...]

Back in 1995, I didn't know God nor did I care to know Him at the time. I drank when I had a few dollars and was always looking for [...]

SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (C), JULY 25, 2010 Readings: Gn 18:20-32; Ps 138:1-8; Col 2:12-14; Lk 11:1-13 'How much more will the Father in heaven give ... to those [...]

Summer is full of wonderful events, from backyard barbecues to family vacations. One of the elements from summers past that I miss is the drive-in theater. My friends and I [...]