One thing we can do if we sin during a sermon is offer a confession during the pauses. A simple “I’m sorry” in our hearts will suffice to bring us to a place of openness before God, especially in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anti-empathy arguments gained traction in the early months of President Donald Trump’s second term, with his flurry of executive ...

But my favorite is Hackenberg's series on the Revised Common Lectionary's Old Testament readings. The subject is "reclaiming sin." Here are the weekly themes: Lent 1 (Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7). We ...

Why expository sermons should make up your church’s main diet. There are two basic forms of preaching: expository and topical. Hughes Oliphant Old defines ...

We called it the spring semester, but it felt like the dead of winter to me. The never-ending Chicago cold months slapped me in the face. I juggled my new schedule along my books, when I walked into ...

When the American colonies declared their independence, Catholics made up less than 2 percent of the population. Until the nation came to encompass what had been Spanish and French territories, the ...

Empathy is usually regarded as a virtue, a key to human decency and kindness. And yet, with increasing momentum, voices on the Christian right are preaching that it has become a vice. For them, ...

Anti-empathy arguments gained traction in the early months of President Donald Trump’s second term, with his flurry of executive orders that critics denounced as lacking empathy (AFP via Getty Images) ...