Find today’s readings here. When I was studying for the priesthood, I had a Scripture professor who told us, “If you ever find yourself explaining Greek or Hebrew words in one of your homilies, stop ...

These five trends point to one conclusion: the future church disciples earlier, more relationally, and across the household.

Recently I browsed the front end of the religion section in my neighborhood bookstore, and I found dozens of Bibles: teen Bibles, “practical” Bibles, a travel Bible, a “businessman’s” Bible, Bibles ...

Christians facing persecution can find comfort through Voice of the Martyrs Canada's teaching on persecution and discipleship ...

What is the underlying cultural script or metanarrative that guides the values and lives of 21st-century North Americans? And in what ways does the Bible offer an alternative and opposing cultural ...

The widening divide between casual Christianity and committed discipleship presents both our greatest challenge and our most important opportunity. While our congregations successfully attract ...

When the Gospel of John contrasts walking in the day to walking at night, we know it refers to more than getting home before curfew. What may surprise us in today’s readings is that the story of the ...

who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, ‘Come here immediately and take your place at table’? Would he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat. Put on your ...

Recently, I read an opinion piece in the local paper written by a Los Angeles Times columnist that left me more confused than ...

Discipleship is one of those words we use often in ministry, sometimes so often that it begins to lose its sharp edge. We ...