The sun was setting by the time we’d reached consensus on our Christmas tree. We’d decided on a cedar that hadn’t been anyone ...

Warning! Warning! This is one of those “I remember when” columns. And the older I get, it is likely you’ll be seeing more of these. Now that we’re entering the heart (and the heat) of summer, I ...

Without doubt, the most important celebration this month is Pentecost. It honors an occasion the early church couldn't have lived without. Yet, at the same time, many of us modern Christians get along ...

WYANDOTTE, Mich. (RNS) On top of a nondescript brick building in this blue-collar Detroit suburb, a small windmill spins in the breeze, looking somewhat out of place amid the 1970s-style homes. The ...

Christ Penelope, founder of Seven Fold Holy Spirit Ministries in Limpopo, has an unusual method of pastoring to his flock: he ...

For 2007-2008 the Chapel staff at Calvin College has planned a worship series around the theme of the Holy Spirit, a theme not often emphasized in the Reformed tradition of Christianity. “God is ...

This is a homily exploring what the church imagines on Pentecost Sunday. The names for the Spirit from "Veni Sancte Spiritus" should be read with good pauses between. Pentecost is the last of the ...

As we continue our walk through Lent, our task is to keep our focus on the Paschal Mystery of the Lord Jesus Christ, namely, his Passion, Death, and Resurrection. We are called to direct everything ...

My son Paul is 31 now. When he was about 7, we were in a doctor’s waiting room in Omaha. I saw him put his hand very gently on the head of a 2-year-old boy. I listened and I heard him say … ”In the ...