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Often when we try to combine the concepts of “The Gospels” with “money and finances,” we come out with a Franciscan friar mentality of po...

Any true discussion on wealth and resources has to begin here. Remember, no amount of physical resources can fix the root problem of spir...

Ever feel like there isn't enough money to keep up with everything that's breaking? I've been living in that space for a while now, and i...

The blue, dark ocean planet hurled through space, empty and void. No life, only chaos. No fish, no trees, no earth, no animals, no people...

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrecti...

From Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those temporarily residing abroad (in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, the province of Asia, and B...

How do we explain the Trinity? Is it like an apple? Like water vapor? Like three parts of one egg — shell, white, and yoke? Or is the rea...

The growing normalcy of 'more' has been brewing in Western and Eastern cultures across the world since the Renaissance. In his compelling...

Pop quiz: What do donuts, oysters, food waste, old plastic, and thrift stores have in common? As I've mentioned before, one of my favorit...

When waters rise around us now, Lord, take your stand upon our helm. Silence wind and wave that rise; Calm tempest that seeks to overwhel...

Lord Jesus, the power of your life within us has made us completely new. By our union with you, our spirits are alive, and that life has ...

My one-and-a-half year old is at that phase where her personality is starting to come out more — which means demands and opinions! We are...

It is the air we breathe. In the twenty-first century, ‘stuff’ is the context in which we conduct almost all of our interactions — the ac...

God, as you have made our minds, Grant us wisdom today as we learn. God, as you have made our hearts, We open them to you; fill us with y...

It's the year 2505. Trash mountains have become the landscape. No one knows how to grow food because they’ve bought into a marketing ad b...

Bless the Lord, who from his fullness gives us grace upon grace. He fills our empty places with the riches of his life and presence. Prai...

Triune God, we praise you that you have built into your world things that bring us joy. Help us to open our hearts to the big and small w...

All my life I’ve grown up under the evangelical auspice that joy is one of two things: 1) Jesus-Others-You, or 2) A sensation deeper and ...

I’ll admit, I was a reluctant dad. Growing up, I never was one of those guys who said, “I just can’t wait to have a family and be a dad.”...

Almost two decades ago I attended a Passover Seder as a way to prepare for Good Friday. I’ll never forget the moment at which everyone go...