Children and family

Faith in Action

There’s still much to overcome

Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream requires “praying with feet.”

Art as Lenten discipline

After he spends time in an art museum, Paul R. Olsen says he sees his world differently. “I see light. I see darkness. I see lines. I see shapes. I…

Wait, it’s Advent

“I can’t wait!” Children say it all the time. They can’t wait for their birthday, for dessert, for it to snow, and then for the snow to melt .… But…

Hildegard’s legacy lives on

She is an inspiration from a time when women had few rights.

‘In joy and in sorrow’

My wife deserved more than a husband so burdened with sadness.

‘Ohana’ means ‘family’

Family means no one gets left behind.

The desert in modern times

A life defined by silence and prayer? Who has time for that?

The King James Bible

We did not know that there was any other version.

Eucharistic prayer for Lent

You ordained for everything a season.

Theologian, yes. Pastor, yes. Martyr, ehhh…

After a failed attempt to kill Hitler, the authorities treated Bonhoeffer the way any government would have treated an insurgent.

‘God will never give you more than you can handle’

Paul tells us: “God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength but with your testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it” (1 Corinthians 10:13). Over time that promise has become abbreviated to “God will never give you more than you can handle.” Like many others, I’ve derived comfort from these words, though I know God does not “give” me loss, pain and grief.

Choosing godparents

Start with the “job description”: A godparent is to develop a special, lifelong relationship with the godchild, communicating faith and values to her or him in word, deed and play,…