In the foreword to Just War as Christian Discipleship, Lieutenant Colonel Scott A. Sterling, an army chaplain, recounts a conversation he had with a female officer in Iraq who was eager to make moral ...
As reflected in our Scripture readings at Mass this Sunday, following Jesus Christ is not an easy task. It demands a total death to self and a desire to live only for him and his teachings. Many ...
In his decades of teaching geology at Calvin University, Ralph Stearley noticed that many people assume that there is some kind of deep conflict between faith and science, an attitude that plays out ...
Perversely, high hopes can lead to inaction. Grandiose dreams can bog us down. As P. J. O’Rourke once put it, everyone wants to save the world but no one wants to do the dishes. The Year of Small ...
Despite the rising costs, wholehearted Christian discipleship brings immeasurable blessings, said Reid Neilson, assistant academic vice president for religious scholarly publications, during his ...
Advent is a time for renewal, a time of new beginnings. It is, after all, the start of a new liturgical year, which brings with it an opportunity for personal assessment and even goal-setting akin to ...
US Christians are growing in their faith, but many do it on their own, according to LifeWay Research. Over the past decade, more believers are heeding the scriptural call to “grow in the grace and ...
Today’s readings highlight the benefits of having faith in God. The readings also reveal the risks and requirements that come with discipleship. In the first reading, a “woman of influence” shows ...
LANSING, Mich. — A year-long initiative by a Michigan bishop to inspire greater Christian discipleship among clergy and laypeople has now attracted more than 11,000 weekly subscribers. “I’m delighted, ...
Data suggests that what you do with your free time affects your family’s long-term spiritual formation. The novel coronavirus now dubbed COVID-19 has struck fear around Asia and the world. As many as ...