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On The Job On 9-11
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Father Mychal Judge was on duty. A Franciscan friar and Catholic priest, Judge served as Chaplain for the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). According to reports, when Judge heard that the first tower of the World Trade Center was hit by a plane that fateful morning, he rushed to the site. He joined then New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who asked him to pray for the city and its victims. Father Judge also stopped and prayed over the bodies of victims that were lying in the streets below the burning tower.
Because God
How does a simple word like because fit into our faith in Christ?
God Isn’t Concerned With Our Happiness
To many, this notion is upsetting and appalling. Many in our culture immediately stir up a counter argument against this idea by contending that God created us in His image, emphasizing that emotions are an important part of our overall…
Grace
By definition, grace is receiving what we don’t deserve. It’s fully lived out in God’s gift of his Son Jesus and Christ’s death and resurrection for our salvation. But, have you also thought about grace as one of the prime…
Don’t Wanna Leave
Ya'll move with timidity | Your practices are too gimmicky | Y'all pitch it as piety | You're lookin' like an enemy. . .
Where Are You From?
When you hear the phrase, “from the other side of the tracks,” what comes to your mind? That phrase is typically used to describe someone from a bad part of town or maybe from a low income section of a…
It’s A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood
Recently I saw the trailer for an upcoming film talking about Mr. Fred Rogers and his work on Television. During the course of the film, journalist Tom Junod begins to profile Mr. Rogers and befriends the man through understanding the…
You Just Never Know
As you read through Jesus’ interactions with people, it’s fairly easy to see a pattern in His approach. I don’t mean that Jesus reaches out to each person in the same way. By no means. In fact, each encounter we…
On The Trinity
When Chris Tomlin wrote the song entitled Indescribable, he was attempting to find the proper words to accurately portray the existential greatness of God. Undoubtedly, it was soon determined that mere words could not describe the true and glorious nature…
Far Left
Somehow ended up here Where they amazed to learn that I used to run crack Took G to cook it He took me down south Crooked paths through them Carolinas a straight shot
Unchanging God
When someone keeps changing their mind about something – going in one direction and then switching back the other way over and over – we call them “fickle.” If someone just cannot make up their mind about an issue or…
