Today is Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the season of Lent. God calls us to observe a holy Lent through assessment, penitence, discipline and renewal, using the classical church practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving.Read More
He who is the very essence of being itself, became what he created, taking on the confinement of frail flesh so that we who are born of flesh may share in his divinity. He who is, became.Read More
Jesus said to his disciples: “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will die of fright in anticipation of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens...Read More
I had the honor and privilege of speaking at Johnson University’s chapel service on October 11. Continuing their series titled “Because of Your Participation in the Gospel,” I addressed how we can intensify our participation in the Gospel by partaking of the Eucharistic body of Christ in order to become the ecclesial body of Christ,...Read More
A legacy gift is often the single most significant act of generosity toward God that most of us will ever perform. Let your hands be your executor instead of the government!Read More
Here is the Presidential Address from the June 2018 on-campus intensive session. This talk addresses a way of understanding beauty that can transform the way we approach worship and worship renewal.Read More
Second century Church Father St. Irenaeus of Lyons famously wrote, “The Glory of God is a human being fully alive.” God has called us to be participants in His divine nature, bringing His reconciling life to the world through worship. So, why do we often find ourselves “running on empty,” lacking in inspiration and motivation?...Read More
The celebration of Easter gives us Christians a glimpse into the reality of a restored and reconciled creation. Our missional privilege is to participate with heaven in self-sacrificially ushering in the present and future reality of God’s great gathering Kingdom in a soon-to-be transfigured earth.Read More
The role of beauty in worship is the communication and application of the truth and goodness of God that fires our hearts and souls with an intense love of God, and therefore an intense love of all mankind.Read More
We need to ask ourselves: do our liturgies, preaching, sacred arts, sacred buildings, scripture interpretation and presentation, and even our lifestyles of virtue, lift our spirits out of the ordinary and toward God, or do they let us remain in the comfort of the increasingly hostile secular world around us?Read More
