We still have not learned the word “obedience” in its proper meaning, ourselves. We keep behaving as if obedience means that I have to do something someone else says because it’s the law, like a stop ...
When we are hearing about spiritual warfare, one way or another, we are often speaking about ourselves as some kind of Star Wars warrior or something. Very often images pass through the mind ...
We Christians serve. We serve Christ. We serve each other. We serve strangers.We serve the needy. We serve whomever the Lord gives us to serve because we love Jesus Christ. His love propels us into ...
Anyone who loves and respects another person tries to emulate—to be like—that person. I remember in my own childhood wanting to be like a respected teacher, to be like a respected pastor. It is all ...
It is not always so often that we, in our comfortable North American way of living, reflect upon the kind of life that the Apostles lived. We really don’t have the consciousness of what life was like ...
As so often happens with a pilgrimage, one must be ready for all kinds of obstacles and changes of plans. This is not just because we are sinners, which is true, and our sinfulness sometimes impedes ...
