The Funny Friar

“You are dust and to dust you shall return” shall be said over millions of Christians on Ash Wednesday as their foreheads are marked wit...

This Lent , I’ll be writing a six-part series entitled, “Lenten Practices.” Lent is my favorite season of the Christian year. I look f...

One of the essential spiritual practices of the Christian life in general and of living the faith at home, is the practice of Sabbath. T...

One of the essential spiritual practices of the Christian life in general and of living the faith at home, is the practice of prayer . A...

One of the essential spiritual practices of the Christian life in general and of living the faith at home, is the practice of reminder. ...

This Advent , I’ll be writing a three-part blog series, “Spiritual Practices at Home.” Advent is a wonderful season of the Church year f...

In today’s media age, we are constantly bombarded with messages, whether on TV, via our hand-held device or computer, and through a continua...

The last practice I want to talk about this Lent is the Christian practice of giving. I saved this practice for last for a couple of reasons...

Jesus did not work with individuals per se, that is, He always worked with individuals in the context of a community or within a network of ...

Christian life can never be reduced to a “me and Jesus” sort of spirituality because Jesus never gave us such an individualistic and self-ce...

Often Christians question what God wants them to do, who God wants them to become, and how they should live. I understand this dilemma and t...

Worship is more than an event, a church activity or collection of songs. As human beings it is in our spiritual DNA to worship. We were crea...

During Lent I will be exploring six basic practices of the Christian faith. These practices are indeed basic, one might say, fundamental to ...