Worship &#8211; Religion

‘The Lord shows us how it is important to be happy in all situations’

Apr 25, 2026

I once brought tears to the eyes of the new patriarch of the Chaldean Church. He’s known as Paul III now, but back in 2016 he was an archbishop, formerly of Mosul, in Iraq. He had recently been reassigned to Australia, where many an Iraqi had fled the so-called Islamic State (or “ISIS”) genocide. I said the archbishop: “Surely someone asked you if he could pretend to renounce Jesus, just for the sake of selfpreservation, to keep his family safe and all he had worked for remain in his hometown.” That’s when his eyes welled up. I really didn’t expect him to begin to cry in response to an American’s seeming cynicism. “None of them thought it would be better not to be Christian,” the archbishop told me. “We thank God for everything,” he even said to me, “because we are still alive, we still have a very strong faith. We thank God for that.”

‘Life is a gift and is meant to be lived in love for God and his people’

Apr 18, 2026

If you don’t know former Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, he’s the first to tell you these days that he wasn’t ready for the fight of Washington, in some respects. He wasn’t a politician – honestly, the man is a nerd in the best of ways. He believed in the nobility of public service. During his time in office, he was America’s muchneeded civics teacher. Sasse is currently dying of cancer. He may not have long to live. These are precious months for, as Sasse understands it, “redeeming the time.”

Christians sometimes actually live like Christians; it benefits everyone

Apr 11, 2026

This is the question Catholic bishops are asking one another, according to Cardinal Robert McElroy of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. is “what is your number?” He was quoted in a New York Times pieces covering the mystery of consistently new, and young, Catholics, people coming into the Church at Easter time. Easter marks 1,755 new sheep in his flock this year, which continues from last year’s 1,566, “which had already been the highest number in at least 15 years, according to the archdiocese’s records,” the Times featured. Throughout the country, there are similar increases.

Judge says Penn must turn over information about Jewish employees

Apr 04, 2026

(AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the University of Pennsylvania to hand over records about Jewish employees on campus to a federal agency as part of an investigation into antisemitic discrimination but said it did not have to reveal any employee’s affiliation with a specific group.

The power birthdays have on people who struggle with self-worth

Mar 28, 2026

When most of us think of our birthdays, we probably have flashbacks to childhood.

Episcopal presiding bishop denies reports of impending doom

Mar 21, 2026

Episcopal Church leaders have long heard warning sirens in their annual reports, with brutal statistics supporting this reality: They have lost half of their members since the 1960s.

Now is a good time to pray for peace in the Middle East

Mar 14, 2026

The Scriptural mandate, “pray for the peace of Jerusalem,” seems appropriate given recent events in Iran: the U.S.-Israeli strikes and especially the demise of the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. When violence explodes in one area of the Middle East, the whole region can become a powder keg. And there are innocent casualties.