“It’s in his kiss.” A kiss takes two. When you see how different the other is and yet are drawn in, Christ is calling.
Terrance Klein
The Rev. Terrance W. Klein is a priest of the Diocese of Dodge City and author of Vanity Faith.
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The last suppers of Jesus Christ and Ledell Lee
To take Holy Communion in the face of death is to say that it is fellowship, and not food, that matters most.
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What Saints Thomas and Thérèse learned when they touched the body of Christ
If we have faith, like Thomas and Thérèse did, we learn from Jesus that to love someone is to promise never to leave them.
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The Gospel’s Easter promise: Love will win out over sin and death.
When Christ entered hell law of sin and death was set aside so that mercy could triumph.
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Good Friday: What ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ tells us about why we sin
Jim Casy’s dying words echo those of our Lord: “Father, forgive them, Father, they know not what they do.”
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Holy Thursday: In mercy, poverty is more abundant than wealth
On this night, when Jesus has nothing left to give, he gives all. He gives his very self.
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What does the ‘Blood Curse’ of Matthew’s Passion teach Christians?
We should see this passage as early Jewish Christians recognizing their own, internal dividedness.
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Jesus does not overwhelm. He woos us instead.
There would be no atheists if God appeared in the sky. But there’d be no believers either.
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The resurrection comes by way of witness, not explanation.
There are truths that can only be shared by way of testimony, and these are the ones that matter most to us.
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What the woman of Roe v. Wade and the woman at the well have in common
The Christian looks at one who is spiritually thirsting and, having known salvation in Christ, wants to share that satisfaction.