John 4:24, "God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth." Man dwells primarily in the physical and emotional realm, but God is a Spirit (1 Sam. 16:7). To ...

The infiltration of postmodernity into the church is not merely a philosophical debate it is a spiritual crisis ...

I am bothered greatly by attitudes of some who look at a worship service as a time of entertainment. Some complain: “I didn’t get much out of it,” or “I’m not getting enough.” They go to the assembly ...

Last Sunday the Gospel about Jesus and the Samaritan woman (John 4:5-42) was proclaimed at my parish. (We used the reading from Year A since we have six people entering the church. Other parishes may ...

Just the other day, I was reading the prophet Isaiah, and right off the bat in chapter one a most startling phrase caught my attention, especially when it concerns our attendance at church. The Lord ...

How many of us have gone through the day thinking, “If I just didn’t have to spend so much of my time working, or going to school, or taking care of all these responsibilities, I could spend more time ...

My Jim Crow parents used time-honored African storytelling to pass on their meaningful lessons and history to me. Growing up on land owned by white sharecroppers, my mother and father picked cotton in ...

Christian worship involves praising God in music and speech, readings from scripture, prayers of various sorts, a sermon, and various holy ceremonies (often called sacraments) such as the Eucharist.

It was a warm FRIDAY NIGHT. Just a stone’s throw away, “women of the night” were beginning to gather at Bush Hill, The Garrison, St Michael – an area known for the sale of sex. Driving towards The ...

Larycia Hawkins, a professor at Wheaton College in Illinois, decided to wear a headscarf during the Advent season as a gesture of solidarity with Muslims. In doing so, Hawkins quoted Pope Francis, ...