Your preaching changes lives, but you can’t bring people on a spiritual journey beyond where you’ve traveled with Jesus yourself. Are you feeling overextended in your ministry or personal life?

In today’s Gospel, Jesus turns to the enthusiastic crowds following him to Jerusalem and makes clear just what discipleship entails. They must prefer him to their own parents and families, their hopes ...

It is widely agreed that Peter probably passed on the content of this Gospel to John Mark who crafted this masterful work. Many scholars tentatively hold to a date around AD 65 for this Gospel which ...

Discipleship strategies built for the past will not carry the next generation.

“He rebuked them and directed them not to tell anyone” (Luke 18:21). Watching today’s candidates for office hone their campaigns, it is clear that their most important concern is how the public ...

As reflected in our Scripture readings at Mass this Sunday, following Jesus Christ is not an easy task. It demands a total death to self and a desire to live only for him and his teachings. Many ...

Each week in North Minneapolis, some 1,400 people—in person and online—hear Pastor Edrin Williams speak about the transformational love of God. As lead pastor of Sanctuary Covenant Church—a ...

And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sicknesses and all kinds of disease Matthew 10 1Jesus expected ...

“What does it mean to receive Jesus in Holy Communion? It’s like Jesus is giving us a big hug, saying, ‘I love you so much. I want you to be close to me always,’” says Russell Pollitt, S.J., pastor of ...