Are you a person of faith? If you had asked me that question when I was younger, I would have said, “No. I’m not.” You see, I didn’t become a Christian until I was 17. But even before I came to faith ...

In the book of Habakkuk, the Old Testament prophet was struggling with what God was allowing to happen. In Habakkuk 1:2, he asked the age-old question why, and then the prophet asked, “How long, O ...

Friends, As we enter this new year, I have been reflecting deeply on the virtue of trust. I believe it is something we all ...

If there is one quality I carry with myself from my Father, it’s the fact that he believed in me when I often doubted myself. Dad always told me … You have what it takes … you can do anything you want ...

This past weekend at Mass, we heard the Gospel story in which Jesus fed 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish (John 6:1-15). This Gospel story has always stood out to me. How could a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As Christians, we sometimes live below-average lives. Being people of God is construed by many to be sweatier, heavier and burdensome. Many are the times that people tell us that ...

As the church commemorates the first wave of persecution and martyrdom of Christians under Nero in Rome, the Scriptures remind us that God has always been with believers in crisis. Even when God seems ...

“Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters” (James 1:2). Jas 1:1-11; Mark 8:11-13 A man is in a diner trying to decide if he wants a coffee refill. The waitress stands at the table with the carafe ...

Trust in God has been a foundational principle of the United States since the days of colonial settlement. The phrase "In God We Trust" has been an official statement of national faith since the Civil ...

A movement spreading across the country since the 2016 election evokes a church. Its teachings? Civic engagement. By Courtney E. Martin Ms. Martin is the author, most recently, of “The New Better Off: ...