It continues to be an important time for us to seek God’s loving presence. Although "In God We Trust" appears on our currency (coins and bills), it seems that we are not hearing the need for prayer as ...

Imagine all the love you've experienced in your entire life, from parents, spouses, friends, family — and then multiply it by a thousand. That's the kind of love experienced by people who've had ...

God is love. On this point, the New Testament letters and the Gospel of John allow no argument. God is present when one experiences love and whenever one extends love to another. Every act of love, ...

“There are innumerable books about Jesus.” So begins the preface of Gerhard Lohfink’s volume, Jesus of Nazareth, translated from the German original. So why another Jesus book? In the first place, ...

My wife, Roseanne, shared with me this Shelley poem a few months after our courtship began, while we were undergraduate students at UCLA. The line, “Love itself shall slumber on,” has stayed with me ...

Maya Angelou once said, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will ...

“There’s nothing worth the wear of winning,” wrote Hilaire Belloc, “but laughter and the love of friends.” These words are personal favorites and have prompted much contemplation. I had previously ...

Elderly persons who suffer from dementia and Alzheimer’s are “living in a world that gets dimmer and dimmer,” and the steps their loved ones can take to make their lives brighter will make a ...

I used to be a planner. I planned each day, each week, each month, each year; in fact, I literally planned unto death and where I would be buried. I am not sure when I stopped being a planner because ...

Just ahead of Mother's Day this year, the husband-and-wife team of SQuire Rushnell and Louise DuArt, co-founders of the Godwinks brands and based in Massachusetts, shared an endearing personal story ...

Even though we are in the Easter season, these readings from the Seventh Sunday of Easter draw me back to a particular date in November, specifically Nov. 3. On that day I professed my final vows as a ...