An older woman sits in her living room alone and in tears. Even though her husband died four years ago, she still gets overwhelmed by waves of depression. Her children…

Joe was in confession, he never liked to go face to face, because the things he had to confess were embarrassing to him. He certainly didn’t want to have to…

In the early 60’s, a monk from Ireland was giving a retreat to other monks at a monastery in Kentucky. At one of his conferences he told this curious story:…

“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” Very familiar words from Scripture. But what do they mean to you? What are…

Do you believe that God is taking care of you—looking out for you? In other words, how much do you trust in God? What do you think when you hear…

We have been going through some rather unprecedented times. Our entire world has been turned upside down, and although some restrictions imposed on us as a result of this pandemic…

  It is April 1945, and the bombs are reigning down on the city of Berlin. Father Alfred Delp, a Jesuit priest, is sitting in a Nazi prison. He’s been…

On this Pentecost morning, rather than start with a story, I’d like to “get right into it”. A well-known contemporary spiritual writer by the name of Ron Rolheiser offers us…

Hank was a person who did not handle change very well. And as much as he tried to hold himself together when life’s changes came his way, he found himself…

How much have you learned from the experiences of your life? How well do you know yourself? These are questions that we need to ask from time to time. A…

Mary felt like she was lost. She really couldn’t figure out what God was up to in her life lately. So many of the things she could count on were…

Lately, Kathy has felt unsettled. She’s been struggling with the direction her life has taken. And here are some of the burning questions that have been going through her head:…