Recently as we talked about the Holland American cruise ships that just docked here in Florida, I argued the many reasons why we shouldn’t have let them do it. But then I had the thought, if it were my son on that ship, I’d feel differently. In that moment, I saw something: I saw my self-centeredness; I saw that my…
Faith does not come by trying harder, but by trusting in God. My task is to listen, hear, and receive the word of the Lord when it comes to me. Then I’ll have the faith I need.
Introduction Our view of God or God-image is shaped by the actual nature of our experience in the family, with our mom and our dad. Psychiatrist M. Scott Peck explains that it is not so much what they say, but rather what they do. “It is not what they tell us about God, but rather how they behave toward each…
Over 250 Faith Leaders across the nation are asking us to set aside next Sunday, June 2, as a special day of prayer for our President: “We the undersigned are calling for June 2 to be a special Day of Prayer for the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, that God would protect, strengthen, embolden, and direct him.…
Memorial Day is just around the corner. We Americans will make our annual pilgrimage to cemeteries, grave sites, and monuments, carrying brightly colored flowers, waving flags, and wearing red poppies. The roots of Memorial Day are in the Civil War. In 1864, women from Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, put flowers on the graves of their dead from the just-fought bloody Battle of…
This blessing is intended to enable you to make contact with your Heavenly Father who said that if our fathers or mothers forsake us, He would take us up and be a father and mother to us, and heal our broken hearts. Remember how St. Paul wrote to Timothy: “my true child in the faith” (1 Timothy 1:2). As ambassadors…
Most of us still believe there is a God, a Higher Power—in spite of the secularization of our society. According to Pew Research more than three-fourths (77%) of Americans identify with some organized religion. But the question is: Why do we believe in God? And what do we want from Him? One thing the Bible makes clear: God wants to…
In the wake of the burning of Notre Dame Cathedral, cultural commenters are searching for the meaning of this destructive blaze. Conservative talk show host, Dennis Prager, sees it as a spiritual omen: “The symbolism of the burning of Notre Dame Cathedral, the iconic symbol of Western Christendom, is hard to miss. It is as if God Himself wanted to…
Do you know that more of us go to church during Easter than any other time of the year? At Christmas we go because of our families, but at Easter we go for ourselves. Why? Because we need to be touched by the meaning of Easter: that life comes out of death, meaning and purpose out of chaos, and light…
One tactic of the Radical Left is to silence good people by defaming their character and reputation—like they did to Judge Kavanaugh and the MAGA hat teen, Nicholas Sandmann. We Americans are facing one of the greatest crises of our entire history—the overthrow of our democracy for an authoritarian society that does not tolerate other ideas, dissenting views, or criticism.…