It is easy to be overwhelmed by fear, despair and chaos in our world today. Many negative occurrences try to steal our hope and cause us to doubt the promises, plans and purpose of God for our life.

I can imagine the first reading would sound a lot different if a public relations firm had a chance to polish it up a bit. Jacob and his mother, Rebekah, don’t come across well. They conspired to ...

Vickie came to our rural church roughly 15 years ago. Nobody remembers exactly when. She and my wife Liz had become acquainted through their participation in the National Writing Project, a program ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Many have a big problem conceiving God, but God does not have a problem defining man. Nowhere in the realm of intelligent, conclusive conceptions, not in religion, not in philosophy, ...

Sunday, June 16, is the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Ezekiel 17:22-24; Psalm 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10; Mark 4:26-34. The readings today speak of God’s providence, ...

A new book on faith and science shows how God uses ordinary providence to bring about extraordinary outcomes. According to a quote often attributed to Johannes Kepler, the 17th-century astronomer, ...