It is notable and even arresting how often our best efforts meet with failure—or at least what seems failure.

We all know the term. "John is a practicing Catholic." "Susan practices the faith." But what do we mean by "practice"? And what does it teach us about our faith? 

In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, the Bennett family faces the gravest of circumstances when their youngest daughter, Lydia, runs off with the wicked George Wickham.

I've been in the desert with Him these days of Lent, at the suggestion of a priest.

A significant theme throughout salvation history is the ascent of a holy mountain.

It is near impossible to overstate the significance of Easter. It stands out as primary and unique for at least three reasons.

For many Christians, the rise of Christianity is often treated like a miraculous, spectacular phenomenon.

My daughter and I were on a walk the other day when she sighed all of a sudden. "I really don’t like Lent," she said.

Lent calls us into a season of 40 days of fasting. It's common for us to focus particularly on one edible attachment: chocolate, alcohol, dessert, etc.

As Lent begins again, and with it, the desire to follow Christ on the way to Calvary, I am fascinated, as all Western civilization has been for two millennia, by the Cross at the end of that uphill climb.