By itself, suffering is no gateway to greatness. Yet it’s hard to find titans of history who didn’t know great sorrow.
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The Beatitudes remind us of our own false righteousness
Poverty, hunger, grief and exclusion are not signs of the absence of God’s love.
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The unlikely heroes of the Bible
Divine salvation advances because unlikely characters say yes to grace.
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Could drugs be a pathway to God?
Psychedelics can blur the line between science and spirituality—but Christian mysticism cannot be studied.
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The fresh, exhilarating message of Jesus’ ministry
Luke warns us: Deeper understanding of the Gospel can be disruptive.
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Jesus revealed God’s kingdom was hidden in plain sight
How do you proclaim God’s promises with boldness?
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What if John the Baptist were a blogger?
And what would millennial Jesus make of the comments section?
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Learning to see with the eyes of saints
What might be seen when the one looking looks again in a new way?
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What Michelangelo’s flawed Pietà teaches us about Mary
If, so often, the sad fate of women is to bear what men have wrought, Mary does this like no other.
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How should we understand ‘wives, be subordinate to your husbands’?
If we look at the qualities required to fulfill the request rather than the connotation of the word itself, what is simply being asked of women and men is sacrificial love.