A rumble of thunder and a lightning flash greeted me recently as I walked out to our barn to feed the dogs. It startled me, big time. Then I heard the dance of raindrops on the barn’s metal roof, and ...

In these weeks leading up to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, it seems that the need to understand what repentance is and why it matters is more urgent than ever, writes the author of “Repentance: The ...

How we can change the angry cultural debates online and in church. On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther is said to have posted 95 theses, or “Disputation on the Power of Indulgences,” on the door of All ...

The parish liturgy committee decided to adopt the contemporary version of the Lord’s Prayer for use during worship. From now on, at least at one of the services, we’d be “sinners” instead of ...

I have been reading a chapter of the Psalms each morning — part of my daily quiet time routine I have found to be absolutely crucial to having a “good day” of sensing a life lived in the light of ...

Father James Dominic Brent, OP reflects on one of the greatest examples in all of Scripture, which is the good thief.