In the foreword to Just War as Christian Discipleship, Lieutenant Colonel Scott A. Sterling, an army chaplain, recounts a conversation he had with a female officer in Iraq who was eager to make moral ...

To be truly a Christian, we have to aim at nothing less than becoming “another Christ.” But before that fullness of Christian life can be achieved, we need to have an encounter with Christ and learn ...

Go down almost any major street in most any city and you will find several of these totally unnecessary buildings that they call "churches." None of these often ornate and expensive buildings are a ...

As I’ve occasionally done in the past, please allow me to draw from a recent sermon I preached at the congregation I serve, under the theme, “Consider the Cost.” Discipleship comes at a cost. Your ...

Philadelphia is the place where both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were written. For more than two centuries, these documents have inspired people around the globe ...

Perversely, high hopes can lead to inaction. Grandiose dreams can bog us down. As P. J. O’Rourke once put it, everyone wants to save the world but no one wants to do the dishes. The Year of Small ...

In this Sunday’s Gospel reading, the Twelve receive a second call to discipleship. John crafts a narrative that refers back to accounts early in his Gospel of the disciples’ first call, but this time ...

“There is much else that JESUS DID. If it were all to be recorded ... the world could not hold the books that would be written." John 21:25 Clarification: Rev. LuWanna Scott has not met nor worked ...

President Russell M. Nelson smiles after concluding the 195th Annual General Conference. He spoke about becoming more Christ-like and announced fifteen new temple locations. (Ella Habermeyer) Speakers ...

As reflected in our Scripture readings at Mass this Sunday, following Jesus Christ is not an easy task. It demands a total death to self and a desire to live only for him and his teachings. Many ...