An Odd Work of Grace

The Way of a Pilgrim is a 19 th century Russian work telling the story of the narrator’s pilgrimage across Russia pursuing wisdom in th...

A sermon on Hebrews 13:1-8 “Let mutual love continue.  Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers for by doing that some have en...

The spiritual path can be a herky-jerky affair. It often seems like a two steps forward/one step back affair. We commit, we fail, and we ...

In a recent post on God’s delight , I compared my early experience of romantic attraction with that of Dante and Beatrice and the way ...

Grace is God's favor extended toward us, unearned and undeserved. Grace is the invitation extended by Jesus (and made possible by his l...

A version of this appeared in The Anglican Digest in 2006 and in my old blog. "Tammy Metzger thinks you're cute" (and so do...

From Pope John Paul II's wonderful Encyclical on the Mercy of God : Although God “dwells in unapproachable light” (1 Timothy 6:16),...