Why is your book called Renaissance? In the 1500s, Italy was the birthplace of the Renaissance in the arts and culture after a long period of dark ages. Florence was the epicenter of this movement. When you visit Florence, the Renaissance is literally...
What does the Kingdom of Heaven look like?Why, it’s that place where peace and harmony reign, of course.Think of how smoothly things would have gone for Jesus if he had described it that way, all butterflies and rainbows. His anesthetized...
Walking into an Orthodox church is a multi-sensory experience, as we are enveloped in the richness and depth of the music, the scent of incense, and the prayerful imagery of icons. . . This vibrant gift set will: Introduce you...
Inside us there’s a divine fire, a greatness, that gives us infinite depth, insatiable desires, and enough luminosity to bewilder every psychologist. The image and likeness of God inside us, as John of the Cross writes, renders our hearts, minds, ...
The sun is not quite up, but the six fox squirrels at home in my backyard have roused from their nests and dash along the latticework of branches as I walk across the snow. They know what’s in my bag....
Gilbert went through an ugly divorce five years ago. Whenever he must talk to his ex-wife about their three children, his blood pressure goes up and he lashes out combatively. After those conversations, he finds himself stoking the fires of...
We must resist the temptation to aim for perfection. Perfection is never attained this side of heaven. When we seek perfection, we quickly become discouraged since most of us are burdened by our imperfections, weaknesses, and sins. Discouragement brings us...
“In both the Jewish and Christian Scriptures, when God reveals himself to mortals they often respond by “making something,” erecting a monument in permanent sign of the encounter. Thus Jacob, after the dream in which he saw the Lord, “got...
