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Recognizing his failure, Luke 62:62 (ESV) tells us that Peter left and wept bitterly. The passage causes me to reflect on the ...

Jesus looked intently at Peter for a moment and then said, "You are Simon, John's son - but you shall be called Peter, the rock!" John 1:42 Some Christians deny that the Pope, as successor of St ...

We think of her as a poet—and a great one—but a case could also be made for her as a theologian. So many of Emily Dickinson’s ...

In our church, we often remind people that our community is imperfect because it’s full of imperfect people seeking to learn more about a perfect God. And if someone thinks ...

What appears to be liberation often leads to deeper forms of bondage. We become enslaved to our desires, to performance, ...

The same Father who has called us beloved since before the world’s creation still sings over us when we feel most unworthy.

Many aspects of Pope Francis’ remarkable program of ecclesial renewal weare prefigured in Hans Urs von Balthasar’s vision for ...

Hours after the Supreme Court shut down a major challenge to the Trump administration’s stance on birthright citizenship, ...