Faith

During his 2016 retirement announcement, Dallas Cowboy quarterback, Tony Romo said, “I feel like we all have two battles, or two enemies going on … the one with the man across from you … the second is with the man inside of you. I think once you control the man inside of you, the one…

Over the past 12 days I have been engrossed in a book by Ann Voskamp. It is titled “One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are.” It is a very personal story of Voskamp’s journey to peace by way of finding glimpses of God’s grace in ordinary means. Chapter 3 begins…

OK. It’s November: The month some go without shaving for 30 days and many strive to be thankful every day. I cannot say much about No-Shave November, but we should dream for a day when we put thankfulness into our daily practice, 24/7/365. It would take practice and practice makes perfect. Nonetheless, it is November!…

CONCEPTION, Mo. — Novice Andrew Nelson recently made his monastic profession of vows and was given the name Brother Mark in a ceremony of simple profession on Thursday, Oct. 7 at Conception Abbey, a community of Benedictine monks and priests in eastern Nodaway County. In the Rite of First Profession, Novice Andrew Nelson was presented…

Bishop John Shelby Spong of Newark, New Jersey, never stuck “Why Christianity Must Change or Die” on the doors of Canterbury Cathedral, since it was easier to post a talking-points version of his manifesto on the internet. “Theism, as a way of defining God, is dead,” he proclaimed in 1998. “Since God can no longer…

SKIDMORE, Mo. — The 123rd Harvest Festival celebration will start at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 10 at St. Oswald’s In-the-Fields Episcopal Church. Beginning in 1897, friends and family of the church have gathered each fall for a special service called the Harvest Festival. Rev. Michael Kyle, who served St. Oswald’s from 2004-2007, will preside…

Against the Baltimore Ravens the Chiefs’ running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire fumbled the football within field goal range at the end of the game, costing the Chiefs a chance to win. It was reported that Patrick Mahomes advised him, “Don’t let this moment define you.” The comment led me to muse about what defines a person…

This is a question we all struggle with at times. It relates to many facets of our existence, some trivial, others defining. Some are choices, some we are born into. Think about it, all our lives we are asked to choose … Coke or Pepsi, Ford or Chevy, Republican or Democrat, believer or non-believer, Catholic…