Ashes and Chocolate

Ashes and Chocolate

Ash Wednesday marks, for all believers, the beginning of our journey of reflection to the cross. On this day, pilgrims take their first steps on the Via Dolorosa, as we accompany Christ on his way to Calvary. How terribly inconvenient then, that Ash Wednesday, a day...
The Year of the Lord’s Favor

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

As I write, we sit squarely in Advent, awaiting the coming of our savior-king, Jesus. The ancient Church calendar invites us to wait in expectancy during this four-week season that precedes Christmas and then offers us twelve glorious days in which to celebrate our...
Can God Stop Loving Me?

Can God Stop Loving Me?

It’s a question as old as time. Can God stop loving me? In the Garden, the great tempter first sowed these seeds of doubt within the heart of humankind with his question, “Did God really say…?” Those seeds have germinated and propagated from one generation to the next...