Intercessory Prayer for Christians

By Jean McCurdy Meade I recently went to visit an old friend I had not seen for a good while. He now in his wheelchair most of the time in an assisted living facility. A professor at Notre Dame Seminary in N... Read More...

Kneel Down and Fight

By Clint Wilson Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1990s was, like so many other Southern cities, struggling to find an identity and possessing a hollowed-out urban core before the generation that would usher in renewed downtown development and gentrification came... Read More...

On Being a Theologian of the Cross

By Kristine Blaess The season is changing. These past weeks, in the mornings I have been putting the garden to bed. The horn worms have eaten the leaves off the tomatoes, but the plants soldier on, still pro... Read More...

Keeping Company with God

By Christopher Yoder This is a brief note to commend to you a book that I recently encountered for the first time: Prayer: Living with God by Simon Tugwell, O.P. This summer, the book caught my attention ... Read More...

Frustration: Good for the Soul?

By Molly Jane Layton I lost my keys this past week in a rather mysterious fashion. I arrived at work with them in hand, using my fob to buzz into the building and up the elevator. Our church office is open concept in style, and the elevator opens directly i... Read More...

Remembering Life’s Journey

By Daniel Martins I have not seen the movie Barbie, and most likely never will. But I have two daughters who, when they were of an age that girls tend to play with dolls, had multiple iterations of Barbie. M... Read More...

The Hour Glass of Time and Emptying Nests

By Steve Rice My daughter is moving into college this month. Emotionally, I’m okay (so far), but my mind is really confused. I don’t know how so many years have gone by so quickly. I can remember the taste o... Read More...