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‘After the suffering of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied.’ (IS 53:11) God surrenders to man’s sin and death in...

I usually hate to travel during this desert season but I could not resist the temptation to invite myself to the first assembly of 100...

Francis’ long awaited report on marriage and family is good news, a hearty hug of a document that encompasses the best of what marital...

Rome’s synopsis of its synod on ‘family life’ includes 3 paragraphs (out of 58) on homosexuality which could be a cause for alarm. The...

‘God infuses the soul and sets it on fire with the Spirit of Love.’ St. John of the Cross My heart burns with hope. After a week...

‘Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for what is right, for they shall be filled.’ (Matt. 5:6) Jesus wrecks our appetites. Sexy idols...

‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.’ (Matt. 5:3) Poverty can incline us to riches beyond ourselves....

Advent 2: Beauty, Burning ‘You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath! Produce fruit in keeping with repentance…I...

‘Do not be conformed to this age but be transformed by the renewing of your mind…’ (Romans 12: 2a) ‘That was the first time I had ever...

But when local churches become advocates of grace and truth for the gender broken, healing rises like sun breaking through clouds. And I...

‘A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure. A faithful friend is beyond price, no sum can balance his...

Facing well one’s same-sex attraction requires more than good theology. One must also understand how we develop into whole-enough men and...

Exodus VP Randy Thomas just wrote a glowing account of Paulk’s renunciation of his ‘ex-gay’ status. In the spirit of Exodus new ‘radical’...

True marriage bears witness to all people, including to persons with same-sex attraction, of something deeper and more beautiful than two...

‘For we are reduced, O Lord, brought low everywhere in the world this day because of our sins.’ (Dan. 3: 37) Another pastor I know...

‘The greatest figures of prophecy and sanctity step forth out of the darkest night.’  – St. Edith Stein Suffering alone does not give us...

‘I urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints’…for ‘godless ones have changed the grace of God into...

‘So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets.’ (Is 59: 14) I marvel at how such...

‘The sick soul fears more than anything else the demands made on one who is well.’ Joseph Pieper While addressing both Protestant and...

8am: a man to whom I had been sharing Christ stopped our conversation short by introducing me to his new male lover then politely refused...