Whenever I encounter this Gospel passage, I find myself wondering: Really? Did these fishermen immediately walk away from their livelihood and families to follow Jesus? Could I possibly do similarly…
You are created in the dynamic image of God. To create is to express our lives as being made in the image of God, for our God is a creative…
The advice columnist Ann Landers once famously wrote that “hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.” Anyone who has struggled to forgive a serious…
One of the most memorable classes I took as an undergraduate English major was titled “Graham Greene: A Novelist Looks at Faith,” taught by the Jesuit theologian Father Robert Kennedy.…
Today is Halloween. In many places, this holiday is an opportunity to dress up as something scary and threatening. Then, when those frightening figures knock on our doors, we open…
As we learn more about the universe and view videos and photos of its wide expanse, we continue to be amazed by the realization that we are all interconnected and…
There are 900,000 kinds of insects; 10,000 species of birds; 73,000 tree species—our Creator loves variety! Consider any first-grade class. One student asks for more math while another plays by…
People of every age have asked, “Why suffer?” While we may trace some of our suffering to foolish behavior, much of the suffering, like Job’s, remains mysterious and undeserved. Today’s…
What is my experience of change, and how do I understand if change is real? Am I able to make change happen? For the teacher in the book of Ecclesiastes,…
The Principle of Social Proof notes that we humans are greatly influenced by the actions of others. The more of us who believe a thing to be true—or act as…
