True love is difficult to define, but from a Christian standpoint, love is best understood through scripture. In fact, one of the most sought-after themes in the Bible is the definition of love. What ...
The written Word is a gift for all believers as history and reality of God’s perpetual love. Scripture is so much more as we are stirred in faith to respond in prayer as we read and meditate upon each ...
The new book "Light For Today: 365 Daily Devotions from the Lighthouse" was a labor of love — to see God in the everyday challenges of life and to reconcile the inner pains and normal stresses with ...
As John the Evangelist shows us how he understood Jesus, we run into some disconcerting ideas. Last week, we heard that the blind man's disability was not a result of anyone's sin, but the occasion ...
“For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay each according to his conduct.” Find today’s readings here. When I graduated from the Jesuit School of ...
A Christian parent’s greatest hope is echoed in 3 John: “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth” (v. 4). Throughout each generation, mothers and fathers have ...
8. “You who are young, be happy while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these ...