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Original entry date: June 14, 2013 in our Mid-Year Newsletter On her Feast Day, I recall that St. Mary Magdalene is considered by the...

Original entry date: November 25, 2013 'If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has...

Pride Month winds down on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (June 29th). Afflicted by weakness, both surrendered to the One who...

‘You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you and you will be my witnesses’ (Acts 1:8). Easter primes us with the oil of...

‘When Jesus ascended on high, He took prisoners captive and gave gifts to men.’ (Eph. 4: 8) In this last week of Easter, between...

‘When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?’ (Ps. 11:3) The man dressed as a woman shook the vial in his hands...

Venturing to wholeness takes a village. We surrender to Jesus but stumble in route until we find walking partners who help us fix on...

Ellen (Eliot) Page opened her blouse to Oprah Winfrey yesterday (doubtless you saw the poignant promos) to gush of her breast removal,...

I for one am grateful for Christ-centered therapists. Who else can care for us like a pastor, attune to us like a parent, and help...

‘I am making everything new. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life’ (Rev. 21: 5,...

‘The rain came down, the stream rose, and the winds blew and beat against the house; yet it did not fall, because it was founded on the...

I remember always loving the cross. Growing up in a beach town near Los Angeles in the sixties and seventies, my three siblings and I...

Why such a gap between our belief in God’s capacity to cleanse us from all unrighteousness and our refusal to let Him? My friend Dana...

‘We are more important to God than all the sins we commit. But He does not and cannot bless sin. He blesses sinful man, so that he may...

‘The task of the Christian is not to whine about the moment in which he or she lives but to understand its problems and to respond...

‘Our commitment on issues of human sexuality [and every other area] are guided by Christ’s commandment to love and to stand in solidarity...

‘Because we are vulnerable, we can be brave.’ Josef Pieper ‘Inner healing’ tends to attract women, who usually access their wounds more...

‘Why complain when you can act?’ Elizabeth Lesoeur Annette agreed to teach ‘Offering the Gift’ alongside me at Living Waters last week—no...

‘Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is...