Suffering Poorly

by Peter Blair

I am glad you feel you are ‘standing still’ in your spiritual life. I should be still better pleased if you felt you were losing ground! Whatever makes for humility is so much to the good.”

25 Nov 2015

Catholic Census

by Leah Libresco

I never got closer than a football field to Pope Francis when he visited Washington D.C., but it was enough to be around all the people who had also come out to be as close as we could to the pope. My friend from church spotted me and ran over to pray together, I exchanged names with a pair of . . . . Continue Reading »

29 Sep 2015

The Better Part: Fr. John Bartunek Shares Our Journey

by Gayle Trotter

“We’re all contradictory.  We all have the potential for great good and the potential for great sin — that’s the human condition.”Gayle recently spoke with Father John Bartunek, a priest in the order of the Legion of Christ, a religious congregation.  Father . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Aug 2011

Free Digital Church Year Calendar

by Paul T. McCain

Did you know that there is a free digital calendar for the Christian Church Year, along with the secular calendar, available here? There are a variety of formats: Microsoft Outlook, Entourage, iCal and Google Calendar. Courtesy of Concordia Publishing House. It includes every Sunday in the Church . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Mar 2010

The Daily Office

by David T. Koyzis

More than three decades ago I discovered a form of prayer that transformed what up to then had been a rather feeble prayer life. Continue Reading »

27 Feb 2010

What to Do When You Don’t Feel Like Praying

by Paul T. McCain

[caption id=”attachment_5012” align=”alignleft” width=”250” caption=”Praying Hands, by Albrecht Dürer. Public domain.”][/caption]Martin Luther offers some excellent advice for what to do when you just don’t feel like praying, when you think . . . . Continue Reading »

14 Jan 2010