As a result of certain conflicts and wars affecting the global scene, there have been more conversations around the topic of war in recent times. Today, I want us to take more of a personal look and ask the question, ‘How am I (and you) contributing to conflict and war?’
As we prepare to observe the ‘Week of Prayer for Christian Unity’ in the Northern Hemisphere from Jan.18th-25th, it’s a good time to remember the legacy of a Catholic pioneer, who worked for unity in the ‘Body of Christ’ – Fr. Paul Courtier.
If you would like to learn more about the Catholic faith as a Catholic or a Christian from another faith tradition, here’s two resources that you might want to consider
If you haven’t yet watched ‘The Chosen’, I encourage you to consider viewing it in this New Year. It will help you see Jesus as so much more relatable.
As I shared in a recent post, it’s only been in recent years, that the reality of Jesus being fully man and the importance of that has come home to me. Why is it so important that Jesus was & is fully human too; and not only fully God? The short answer is that He
One of the beautiful truths about Jesus’ birth that’s come home more to me, is that it reveals God’s preferred style of approaching us: “which is neither grandiose nor noisy, but rather a style characterized by hiddenness and littleness.”
Have you ever heard the original lyrics of the song “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”? Have you listened to the lyrics carefully? It’s not exactly the blissful naiveté of “Deck the Halls”. It’s much more real and raw than that. Many of us are familiar with the children’s version of the Christmas story,
If God wanted to simply tell us a message of give us an example, he could have sent someone else. The one thing he could do by coming to us, is to be with us in our suffering. In other words, he has compassion on you; he wants to be with you in what we’re
The word “righteous” has acquired some uncomfortable baggage in our times. It tends to be associated with self-righteousness, with an egotistical belief that one is better than those around them. But in the Bible, righteousness is deeply connected with love and mercy, together with moral uprightness. Today, as we approach Christmas, I reflect on Joseph, the adoptive father of Jesus, who beautifully demonstrates this quality of righteousness.
Is Jesus truly God AND Man? In this article, I want to focus on the astonishing claim that the Christian Tradition makes. And that we celebrate at Christmas. And why that really matters.
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