Christ is risen! Risen indeed! That call and response can be heard each year in Christian homes and churches on Easter Sunday. This holiday weekend, we are filled with faith, family, and tradition, and the challenge for a new life and new beginnings. Yes, happy Easter, and may the ...
I walk. I walk pretty much every day. Those walks provide me with moments of reflection and prayer. They refresh and energize me. I have walked for causes: the CROP Walk, the Martin Luther King Walk. And, as a Catholic, I have done my share of ritual walking. From making my way down the aisle ...
Passover is a major Jewish holiday, celebrated over seven or eight days each year, commemorating the exodus of ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as recounted in the Bible. It is considered the most widely observed of any Jewish holiday, symbolizing freedom and the birth of a ...
Roasted chicken is a Passover mainstay. It’s easy to prepare while keeping kosher and takes well to a variety of seasonings and sauces, like bold and savory chutney. Though the selection available at most grocery stores suggests otherwise, not all chutneys contain mango. Nor are they all ...
Second Peter chapter 1 exhorts us to “make every effort to confirm your calling”(v. 10a NIV). It seems odd that Peter would write this to people who were in the very early stage of an exciting new faith. Revelation calls it a “new love” (Revelation 2:4). If they needed to hear this, don’t we? “Make your calling and election sure” (KJV). Why do we contemporary people need to hear Peter’s admonition? Believers can forget that they have been forgiven of their sin. Without a full gospel perspective, people can live under a cloud of uncertainty and false works. Be ...
What does it mean to live a life fully surrendered to Jesus’ teaching and the mandate He has given to “love your neighbor as yourself?” In a world where that might mean finding a common ground with someone who does not vote the same as you, love the same as you or live in the ...
