My family and I were at a birthday barbeque last night with several other families celebrating a 17th birthday party for one of the boys. Guess what we talked about most over dinner? My clergy spouse and I found ourselves defining the word "rapture" at an interfaith table. Yes, the...

It's time for the Palm Sunday shout! Palm branches in the air, familiar hymns to sing, bible readings we've heard before. The congregation cries out "Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest!" We shout out "Lord save us!" Save is what hosanna means. Come save us! It is a Palm Sunday shout...

For the Christian, Lent can be like hitting the refresh button on your computer screen. While the life of faith demands daily examination and commitment, the penitential season provides for a fresh start in terms of confession, forgiveness, prayer, spiritual reflection and daily discipleship. Some practice the discipline of "giving...

What's with the "homage"? In biblical account of the Wise Men traveling to see the Child Jesus; they come to pay him homage. King Herod, so threatened by any word of a messiah tries to trick the Magi by telling them to go and search diligently so that he too,...