Jesus demonstrates in his own person that godly zeal is not impotent or futile. It is a holy energy of self-giving love that ...

I often preach about God’s mercy, love and compassion; always more inclined to raise the Good Word, the Word that brings comfort, healing and peace, and tries to find an amicable way forward for all.

I have heard it said many times that you can tell a lot about someone by what makes them angry. On the surface, that sounds so profound until I start to think about what things make me angry. I ...

We already knew that this political season was one of the most uncivil and bizarre in modern America history, but now we've reached an unprecedented level of division. Even one of our nation's two ...

“Woe to you hypocrites, who lock the door to the Kingdom of heaven before others. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter” (Matt 23:13). 2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12; ...

Why more believers need the courage to get angry at sin. As a young woman, Sarah Sumner never allowed herself to be angry, until her parents divorced when she was 22. The experience was one ...

A woman emailed me with questions about a recent homily. Inquisitive and reflective, she wrote: Every single paragraph of today’s piece hit the right note for me, but these two sentences hurt: “What ...

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