The prayer breakfast was lacking a speaker, however, and the leader told her the event's success would hinge on who would address the audience. Though the committee had pored over a list of people in ...

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The Church remembers all the faithful departed in November, the month dedicated to the holy souls. What better time to recall the necessity of praying for the holy souls in purgatory, those who died ...

Jacob is running away from his brother Esau and heading northeast from Beersheba to Horon. The sun has just set, and he takes some stones for a pillow lays down to sleep. Then, Jacob has a dream. A ...

As I write this post we are approaching midnight on the west coast. It is January 19. In a matter of hours, Barack Obama will ascend to the presidency. In that ascension there are unfathomable ...