Your Free Faith Response
A young woman named Mary who lived in the village of Nazareth was confronted by an angel of the Lord. The angel told her that she was to become the […]
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What New Thing, Lord?
Do you remember how Jesus used the imagery of “old wine in new wineskins” to emphasize that God’s creation is in the process of development; that we can learn from
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Ready Or Not?
A fire and brimstone preacher was delivering his usual doomsday sermon about the end of the world. “Reform!” he boomed. “Reform your lives because sooner or later the signs of
The Temporal And The Eternal
Today’s Gospel Lesson describes an attempt by the Pharisees to trap Jesus. The Pharisees begin to carry out their scheme with great cunning. They praise Jesus for His dedication to
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Thank God For God
In today’s Gospel Lesson, one of the Pharisees — a lawyer — asks Jesus a question “to test him,” Matthew tells us. “Teacher,” the lawyer asks, “which is the great
Only God Is Great!
All through the Gospels, Jesus is trying to help us understand that although there is pleasure in material things, in sexual relationships, in many other things that satisfy human appetites,
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Are You Ready?
Once there were ten young women who had come to a wedding party. According to the village custom, their part in the ceremony was to light lamps and go forth
Do Nothing, Gain Nothing
A highly-placed corporate manager announced, tongue-in-cheek, the establishment of an annual “Better Management Award.” The first award would be made, posthumously, to Christopher Columbus, he said. “We are honoring old
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True Greatness
From time-to-time God reveals himself in the lives of certain people in a very dramatic way — a way that often changes the course of history. The conversion of Paul
Imagination
“I assure you, many a prophet and many a saint longed to see what you see, but did not see it, to hear what you hear but did not hear
The Price
An Army sergeant had recently been transferred across the country to a new base. The family had moved with him, and the military chaplain on the base asked the sergeant’s
Winter Had Come
“So long as he is in this world, man is like a sick person lying upon a bed more or less uncomfortable, who sees around him other beds nicely made,
Too Big A Job
When we are part of a large crowd attending an outdoor happening of some kind, it is gratifying to discover that the event has been well-planned. We are pleased to
Wonderfully And Fearfully
Theodore Roethke, the American poet who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953, has written a poem called “The Sloth.” It portrays one of those shaggy, slow-moving, primitive mammals which seems
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Even Every Church Mouse
James Thurber, the well-known American humorist, wrote a number of “beast” fables. In them he pokes fun at our shortcomings by having his animal characters act as humans do. One
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Extravagantly Beautiful!
The greatest moment of your life occurs when, from the innermost depth of your being you say, in answer to Jesus’ question in today’s Gospel Lesson, “You are the Messiah,
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Are You Sure?
A little boy was about to visit the dentist for the first time. He wasn’t too sure he was going to like this adventure. For several days before “D-Day,” his
A Total Commitment
Being a follower of Christ in isolation is a contradiction. Together, we pray to the Father in Jesus’ Name. Together, we worship the Father in Jesus’ Name. And, together in
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Christ Is The Key
According to legend, there once were two very perplexing mysteries over which the wisest men in the land had scratched their heads and stroked their beards in vain for many
A Matter Of Trust
A young clergyman was asked to preach on “Why I believe in God.” He thought it would be an easy sermon to prepare. After all, he could think of a
