ECW’s “Fishing for Souls” Gathering Brings Women Together in Faith

What vivid scenes this parable paints for us, and not the least of all of Hades—with chasms and torments and a spectators’ gallery. The rich man, probably feeling thirst for the first time ever, calls out to Father Abraham, begging the assistance of a beggar he...

What do you think the breastplate of faith and love looks like? I imagine it hovering over us like the remembrance of a warm embrace from someone loved but seen no longer. Maybe the love of this breastplate makes us feel lighter, like the weight of a wrong ....(View...

This verse from Luke sticks with me, always. I’m not sure where along the path of my childhood I first heard it, but the attendant conviction that a person could go directly from using the office printer for personal copies to devouring widows’ houses is branded on my...

In ancient times, the first fruits of the fields were given as a tithe—the finest and choicest produce was delivered as a tribute to God and for the sustenance of those who served in the temple. If you garden, you know that the first harvest is usually the prettiest....

From the Archives: December 5, 1955Before we learn to read, we begin to get ideas about God. Our parents and friends, our teachers and neighbors are painting little pictures in our minds. One very h....(View this reading and more resources for prayer at Daily Prayer:...

A local homeless man froze to death on a cold winter night, huddled in a parking garage. Our community rose up and declared that this would not happen again. A group of churches and synagogues collaborated to provide dinners and a safe place to sleep for all who...

One of my favorite spiritual memoirs is The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon. A priest and amateur chef, Capon wrote of his faith through an extended exploration of the alchemy that takes place in a kitchen, where foods are transformed into something magical...

I struggle with Luke’s parable of the wedding banquet every time I read it. There is no satisfying resolution for me. When the guest is cast out for not wearing a suitable wedding robe, the reason so many declined an invitation to this banquet seems clear. Would you...

When was the last time you talked about your faith outside of church? We often feel awkward about this kind of sharing. What if the person who hears me is a follower of a different religion? What if they are offended or think that I’m proselytizing? Even worse, what...