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On this Sunday's Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, the Church honors two saints who responded to the Lord's call to ...

In our church, we often remind people that our community is imperfect because it’s full of imperfect people seeking to learn more about a perfect God. And if someone thinks ...

We think of her as a poet—and a great one—but a case could also be made for her as a theologian. So many of Emily Dickinson’s ...

Jesus looked intently at Peter for a moment and then said, "You are Simon, John's son - but you shall be called Peter, the rock!" John 1:42 Some Christians deny that the Pope, as successor of St ...

A former Spokesman for the Labour Party’s Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo, has challenged the 2023 ...

When our daughter was planning her wedding, Tamara and I enrolled in ballroom dancing lessons. We assumed we’d be naturals!

The lawyer challenged the former presidential candidate to tell the world how he betrayed him after leaving the Labour Party.

Beloved, we are familiar with the Holy Bible passage in Hebrews 12 vs. 2 ( KJV): “ Looking unto Jesus  the author and ...

Jonah wasn’t scared he’d fail. He was scared he’d succeed. God said, “Go to Nineveh.” Jonah said, “No thanks,” and boarded a ...