Answering Protestant Objections
Most of my family are members of Scripture-alone groups. They say that praying to Mary is fruitless and that the Eucharist is not really Jesus' body and blood. How can I respond? For 800 years before Martin Luther, Christians had ...
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Jacob’s Deception
In Genesis 27:1–40, why did God permit Jacob to trick Esau out of his birthright? In a patriarchal society, Jacob, as the younger twin brother, was always expected to defer to Esau. This story is told partly to challenge the ...
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Why Did God Change Names?
In different parts of the Old Testament, God is called by different names for example, sometimes El and at other times Yahweh. Why is that? Why did God change names? God did not change names but is simply too great ...
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Take This and Eat—Please
Before my husband, Mark, and I had kids, one of the things we agreed on was that we would try to always eat together as a family. We both had great memories of time spent with our siblings and parents ...
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Chicago’s Lenten Kickoff
On Ash Wednesday at St. Peter’s in the Loop in the heart of Chicago, 20,000 people will begin their Lenten journey.
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A Night with the Homeless
A sleepless night at a homeless shelter becomes a wake-up call for this volunteer.
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