In Scripture, a vocation to serve God is rarely a smooth path forward. Today’s readings reflect the frustrations that sometimes come with answering God’s call. Jeremiah, in this Sunday’s first reading ...

Pastors have a lot of thoughts about discipleship, but they aren’t sure it’s happening in their churches. In the first part of the State of Discipleship study from Lifeway Research, U.S. Protestant ...

Are you living as a believer or a disciple? Many profess faith but miss the fullness of a life that reflects Jesus. The parable of the soils reveals how neglecting to apply Scripture leaves us ...

In 1999, Oblate Fr. Ronald Rolheiser published The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality. It was an author's dream, selling some 250,000 copies and establishing Rolheiser as a beloved ...

But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. In Mrs. Owens’ sixth-grade science class, I ...