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I met a cool woman from Mumbai at our last India training who introduced herself as a grateful member of ‘Dean’s group’. Soon after, a...

‘Ambiguity isn’t compassion. It’s poison with a smile.’ Christopher Yuan (click here to access his The Holy Sexuality Project )   My alma...

‘Die before you die. There is no chance after that.’ C.S Lewis   Boundary-pushing ‘gay’ films scored big at the Cannes Film Festival this...

While the Midwest froze, Desert Stream glimpsed an early Spring at our Living Waters Training in London last week. Seeds sown and tended...

‘John! John! Wake up! Jesus is God’s Son! Jesus is God’s Son!’ (Carol to John on her conversion, The Way It Was )   Carol saw what others...

A friend of mine in a hard relationship approached me, cast down. As he looked up, I saw moist eyes and from them, a small stream (in the...

Wholly Holy   ‘As aliens, live in reverent fear’ (1 Pet. 1:17).    This political season has inspired my passion to be a clean vessel,...

Mercy for People, Not Presidents   'As aliens, live in reverent fear.' (1 Pet. 1:17)  ‘No one will win this election, ultimately. No one...

Home Fires   'As aliens, live in reverent fear.' (1 Pet. 1:17)    'To be chosen by God puts us in opposition to the world. That’s why St....

‘I will pour out on you a spirit of grace and supplication… We will look upon the One we have pierced and will mourn as one grieves for...

‘If the essence of Advent is expectancy, it is also a readiness for action: watchfulness for every opening, and willingness to risk...

Contending for the Good News ‘Our Gospel came to you, not simply with words, but with power, with the Holy Spirit, and with deep...

Radiant Jesus Names the Confused The young woman looked boyish but wanted Jesus. She was happy to engage a bit after the service. We...

‘The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My Name—He will teach you everything…’ (Jn. 14:26) What were they thinking?...

‘We didn’t have a youth program; we were a youth program.’ (Carol Wimber on their first ‘church.’) Young people poured out like living...

John Wimber and Karol Wojtyla possessed sharp creative minds that joined together disparate ideas. The resulting wholeness became a love...

My friend Mark engages regularly with Kim, a cancer-stricken cousin. As the only Christian in the family, he prays sensitively yet firmly...

Two prophetic pastors, one American, one Polish. Both changed the face of Christendom in the last half of the 21st century. One declared...

‘If only I persuade a few, it will be a great gain for me.’ Justin Martyr Jesus’ gaze confirms us and breaks the power of accusation....

I’ve been waiting all my Catholic life for this. In response to Fr. Martin’s questions about how the Church should respond to the rainbow...