Spirituality

Fear no one. That was Christ’s command to the Twelve after He told them they were going to be flogged in synagogues and dragged before governors and kings. That would be the fate of the Twelve, Christ’s hand-picked confidants, His band of brothers. Band of Brothers was a highly acclaimed miniseries...

This two-part article examines how Christianity gradually displaced paganism and idol worship throughout Europe from late antiquity into the early Medieval period. Part 1 of this article describes the religious landscape of the pre‑Christian world and discusses the formation of a distinct Christian...

I was ministering to a young woman recently who confirmed something for me that I’d been hearing about in different circles. She said young women are having a hard time in young adult groups because they are filled predominately with young men who want to argue religion and politics incessantly. Fue...

Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! (Phil. 4:4) You can sense it almost everywhere now. The exhaustion and misery of a civilization that has forgotten how to hope. Watching the news, scrolling through social media, or checking in on X to see what’s going on in the world is an...

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus gives the Twelve lessons in discipleship, both its costs and its blessings. Gospel (Read Mt. 10:37-42) In verses preceding this reading, Jesus perhaps startled His disciples with this warning:  “Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to...

This two-part article discusses how Christianity became a dominant force upon its emergence through the combined effects of imperial patronage, missionary endeavors, and ritual appropriation. Archaeological evidence and contemporaneous texts reveal that the aforementioned strategies were instrumenta...

“Have I ever witnessed a miracle?” is a worthwhile question in our Western culture dominated by rationalism, materialism, and scientism, as many skeptics and agnostics—and even some Christians—believe miracles impossible. A miracle, according to Merriam-Webster, is “an extraordinary event manifestin...

A little over two weeks ago, I made the decision to finally stop drinking caffeine. I have been addicted to coffee for 21 years and Diet Coke for a few years before that. I have known for a while that the Lord wants me to let this addiction go. And yes, it is a full-blown addiction. Anytime we say “...

On March 26, 2026, Noelia Castillo Ramos, a twenty-five-year-old Spanish woman, died by legal euthanasia in Barcelona. Her father fought for twenty months to stop it. He argued that his daughter, already marked by suicide attempts, psychiatric illness, trauma, and severe physical suffering, should f...

Jesus tells His disciples that there is empty fear and worthy fear.  How will they know the difference? Gospel (Read Mt. 10:26-33) The tenth chapter of Matthew’s Gospel begins with Jesus calling the Twelve Apostles, then sending them out to preach the Good News He’s going to teach them.  He gives th...

The famed Dominican friar Meister Eckhart has a phrase, “Love has no why” (Die Minne hat kein Warum), and it is perhaps one of the most famous statements in Western Christian mysticism. In its fuller, but less familiar form, he writes: “Love has no why. It loves because it loves. It knows no reason....

John, the son of Zebedee, was a simple man who fished the waters of the Sea of Galilee in the first century A.D. He joined Jesus after hearing John the Baptist proclaim that Jesus was the Lamb of God. He witnessed many of Jesus’ miracles, including the astonishing miracle of the healing of the Geras...