The new pope's first words to the world mirror what the resurrected Jesus said to his disciples. We all need peace, but how do we receive it?

Jonah 2:5 "The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head." The guy next to me on the...

Matthew 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. Luke 12: 6 ...

We can go from absolute darkness to glistening light when we let Jesus lead the way.

Mark 14:36 “Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”...

God is with us always, for every breath we take, not because of control, but because of love.

Just as we need to build our wardrobe upon classic basics, we need to build our spiritual wardrobe through basic Christian qualities.

We are frail, flawed creatures. God understand this and loves us anyway. In response, we glorify God who gives us this clay jar life.

The three boats analogy shows us our individual approaches to faith life and shows us the optimal way to improve and follow Christ better.

When we touch Jesus's cloak, we will receive healing.

Liminal space is a transition zone where the old has ceased, but the new has not yet been fully realized. How do we live in that in-between?

Matthew 8:2-3 A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”   Jesus reached...

We may proclaim that we are taking action in Jesus's name, but if we're not actually following his commands, our actions ring hollow.

The way we live each day should be winsome. People who observe us should want to be Christians, too.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.   So we...

With all this recent talk of mercy, what exactly is mercy? Cecil explains the difference between mercy and grace.

In the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus doesn't focus on who are neighbors are, but on how to be a good neighbor.

I was six years old and very mad at my mother. Why, I don't recall now, but I threatened to leave home. My mother said, "OK." So I packed...

Luke 15: 4 " Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go...

This shadow of the nativity decoration inspired Cecil's thinking about how the nativity casts a shadow onto our world today.