Many of us want to know why we don't "hear" God when we pray. Few of us shut up long enough to really listen.

How beautiful that after 2,000 years, no one can outdo "God is love." It's the most perfectly concise, hopeful phrase in history.

An annoyed and joyless Christian is the devil's greatest billboard.

The holidays often bring challenging conversations and situations. Sometimes holiness demands that we speak, other times it invites us to be silent. In all circumstances, though, we are called to love.

It's one of the greatest comforts of working in ministry: the unspoken certitude that your spouse did not marry you for your money.

The miracle of Good Friday is that there was no miracle. Legions of angels stood - with swords sheathed - watching as the Son took our place.

"Love one another": No command is simpler; no command more difficult.