Every civilization loves the new year, a celebration of renewal. In the West, people make resolutions for self-improvement, embark on a “dry January,” or try new diets and exercise programs to ...

When researching for my last post, 4 Metal Songs Anyone Can Pray With, I went back and listened to an album by For Today that dedicates each song to the story of a biblical character. After the ...

Consider a fitting Easter follow up story. Lord George Lyttleton (1709-1773) was a graduate of Oxford University, a prolific poet, and member of British Parliament. He and his equally esteemed friend, ...

Saint Paul’s entire life can be explained in terms of one experience which was the meeting with Jesus on the road to Damascus. In one moment, he realized that the zeal of his dynamic personality had ...

Find today’s readings here. On that journey as I drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from the sky suddenly shone around me. I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul ...

Francis speaks of the conversion of Saint Paul: "Saul the strong, the certain, was on the ground" after the call of a voice. But it is then that he "understands the truth, not to be a man of God, ...

“Can you tell me a little about how John Wayne was as a little boy in your class?” With a confused look on her face, Mrs. Jenkins responds, “Who?” The interviewer is slightly taken aback. “Were you ...

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