Construction of a new gymnasium at God's Love Covenant Church continues Wednesday. [JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY] God’s Love Covenant Church is building a $2.6 million gymnasium to expand its fitness and youth outreach programs in Southwest Decatur. The nondenominational church at…
The first thing that Christian young women and men need to know is that the Bible is the operating manual for humans. All of its guidance and prescriptions are perfect for humans living their best lives. For a beginning example,…
The older I get, the more convinced I am that a posture of gratitude is key to a life of joy. God’s gifts are constant and abundant—his daily provision of life and breath far more than we deserve. Being…
Recently, I (and my peers) have experienced a number of parishioners converting to Catholicism. As I’ve talked to these converts, they’ve consistently brought up the Lord’s Table. They find encouragement in identifying the bread and wine with Jesus’s body and…
When I was a teenager, my mother spent hours on the phone every day with two women she claimed were her friends – except the “friendship” was one-sided, never reciprocal. It was my mom who would attentively listen and sacrifice her…
An arrogant man was afraid he would miss his flight, so he pushed past an elderly woman to quickly check his bags at the curb. Deciding the porter wasn’t moving fast enough, he became indignant, and for several minutes he…
The Church herself recognizes these unfortunate moments in our spiritual lives. The Catechism addresses them wonderfully, where it says: Another difficulty, especially for those who sincerely want to pray, is dryness. Dryness belongs to contemplative prayer when the heart is…
I can appreciate the person’s disappointment. No one wants to hear no as an answer to a request. However, when we ask someone for something, no is a possible answer that, as adults, we must be prepared to hear. Should…
Gayle Somers is a member of St. Thomas the Apostle parish in Phoenix and has been writing and leading parish Bible studies since 1996. She is the author of three bible studies, Galatians: A New Kind of Freedom Defended (Basilica Press),…
More than 30 consecrated religious sisters and 30 young women gathered at the Columbus St. Thomas More Newman Center, adjacent to Ohio State University, on Wednesday, Nov. 5 for a snack and chat. The Marian Evening was organized by Sister Antionette Cedrone, a…
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