One reason I enjoyed preaching the sermons in this series was the contrast between a “head” message and a “heart” message. The message on Scripture was a head message—didactic. We asked folks for ...

Rise and Shine (Give God the Glory) is a lively and engaging children’s camp song that tells the biblical story of Noah’s Ark in a simple, repetitive, and rhythmic way. It encourages children to ...

God has many names in Scripture, yet He is so much more than the sum of them all. His characteristics and nature are rich and commanding. His identity defies our human words or definition. His ways of ...

How God’s power is made perfect in weakness. The first time my daughter opened her eyes was inside an ambulance racing through downtown Chicago. As I held her tight, her blue eyes looked straight into ...

This Akathist, also called the “Akathist of Thanksgiving,” was composed by Protopresbyter Gregory Petrov shortly before his death in a prison camp in 1940. The title is from the words of Saint John ...

“For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay each according to his conduct.” Find today’s readings here. When I graduated from the Jesuit School of ...