There are some parts of our stories we’re all reluctant to tell. For years I’ve wanted to share this, but I was hesitant because of possible negative reactions. Some of you will believe God would never do what I claim He did for me, and some of you will think it’s just a tall...
Three years ago we shared amessage from Marahthat was filled with desperation. Jim was very, very sick and a new heart seemed almost impossible. The message, on their 22ndwedding anniversary, went on to circle the world with almost 15,000 people sharing Marah’s anguished words. ...
We all know the sting of shame. It drives some to despair, others to extravagant attempts to prove their worth to themselves or others. Some try to erase shame by denying their words or actions, pretending it never happened, or at least not in the way others think. Others move to a ne...
in a manner we can’t explain, the offering and receiving that is at the heart of the Mass, the Offices you recite in union with the whole church for the people who live in your parish, our Lady and the saints whose fellowship becomes vital and the holy archangels and angels who...
,” after hearing a sermon. The pastor spoke the phrase, “You stepped into my Egypt,” and something in the songwriter’s heart lit up. In an instant, his pastor had given him language for a feeling that, up until that point, the prolific lyricist had been unable to put into words....