Partnering with God

Without God we can't; without us he won't.

Part of a Bigger Plan

Faith gets tested when a sense of God's presence fades or when the very ordinances of life make us question whether our responses even matter.

We wonder, ...

Actions Show Beliefs

Your behavior is a reflection of what you truly believe.

Trusting Only in Christ's Blood

A Reader's Digest article told of a 67-year-old man named Bill who had donated over 100 pints of blood over the years. No doubt many people owe their ...

Preaching that Works

Words without deeds are empty, but deeds without words are dumb. It is stupid to set them against each other. It is, for example, stupid to say: "The ...

Already Half-Dead?

If we refuse to take the risk of being vulnerable, we are already half-dead. If you are half-dead, you don't have to starve with the people of Ethiopia. ...

Plowing and Sowing

If God did not bless, not one hair, not a solitary wisp of straw, would grow; but there would be an end of everything. At the same time God wants me to ...

Faith Plus Works?

Among the remembered prayers of the very wise and holy St. Thomas More is this: "The things, good Lord, that we pray for, give us the grace to labor ...

Faith Isn't Just an Attitude

Faith is something that has to be applied.

No Place for Faith

My break with faith occurred in me as it did and still does among people of our social and cultural type. As I see it, in most cases, it happens like ...