On December 28, the 4th day of Christmas, the calendar of the Christian Church calls us to remember with sorrow the killing of “all the...

“To lend each other a hand when we’re falling, perhaps that’s the only work that matters in the end.” Frederick Buechner, Brendan: A...

The Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep...

On a recent morning I sit in the silence, seeking stillness. It proves elusive. Reminders chirp in my head. Thoughts flap around. Plans...

We are immersed in so much noise! The chatter can be deafening . . . defying the most heroic attempts to discern God’s loving presence...

On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures...

Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. - Luke 2:19 On the 7th day of Christmas and in the final hours of this...

For several years I lived next door to a friend who found great satisfaction in removing all Christmas décor and returning the house to...

For everything there is a season . . . a time to keep silence, and a time to speak. -- Ecclesiastes 3:1, 7 I have been listening more of...

First there is the fall, and then we recover from the fall. Both are the mercy of God. – Julian of Norwich There is a story in the Hebrew...