The suffering and less fortunate are our mirrors, our teachers, and our fellow travelers through purgatory on the way to heaven that is not a reward for the perfect, but a homecoming for those who have learned to surrender and let God love them as they are.

The Pharisee prays to convince himself he’s righteous, but the tax collector prays because he knows he’s not. He needs help.

None of us make the sun rise in the morning. And yet it comes. It arrives faithfully every morning and pours its light over the earth.

Do you ever look back and wish you’d done something differently? Said something differently? Chosen another path? We all carry regret, sometimes quietly, sometimes heavily. The writer Daniel Pink calls regret our most powerful teacher.

One of the most contested topics in our world is religion itself. But what exactly is religion? For some, it means a set of rules, moral codes, doctrines, and dogmas. For others, religion is a sense of belonging, community, and comfort. But what if there is much more to consider?