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Prayer Works

Prayer works, but only if you believe it works and when we look to a higher power than our own selfish selves. God does not always answer prayer the way we think He should, but He answers in His own time and for somet…
Believing God in Things He Requires of Us

Who is a Believer? To answer that question, we should understand what belief means. True belief in something means we believe it no matter what. It’s always easier to believe sun shines when you see it shining. But…
Recovering Catholicism: The Delicate Balance of Tradition and Personal Beliefs

With Pope Benedict XVI's recent resignation, I cringed. I always cringe when I see anything in the headlines concerning the Catholic Church. It's not just because it all tends to be negative as of late or because it call…
The Quest for Patience

By Roderick Evans Patience, patience, and more patience. Every Christian needs patience for spiritual fitness and well-being. The apostles consistently spoke of patience and its role in the Christian life. Christians ha…
Holy Super Bowl! Sports and the God Factor

Tomorrow is Super Bowl Sunday, and it's expected to be a pretty exciting game. The Super Bowl in and of itself is a hyped up event, and this year's even more so because the coaches of the opposing teams, the 49ers and t…
Faith, Elephants, Prayers and Twigs

But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. An indecisive man is unstable in all his…
From Surrendering to Believing: My One Word for 2013

2012 was a difficult year, if I'm truly honest -- which I'm trying to be. While my life wasn't filled with tragedy after tragedy like a long-running Spanish soap opera, it just was difficult consistently. I had no real b…
A Triple Portraiture of Faith

By Nic Don at Theopolitical Let us imagine three individuals. All three grew up in the same conservative evangelical church with the same conservative evangelical views. All three self-designated as Christians before…
Religion and Spirituality

For me religion and spirituality go together. Religion is the body, spirituality the inner life. I have stayed in my faith. I am Roman Catholic because as a very young lad I studied my faith and it doctrines and histor…
The Theology of a Teacher

"Theology is simply the part of religion that requires brains." -- G.K. Chesterton I don't know why any reader might want to click read this post. Maybe the reader doesn't know what "theology" means? Or maybe other read…