Kerry Jech has been a pastor and a mainstay of the faith community in Marshalltown. On June 1, Jech retired from his role as ...

This act — to call on God in desperation — is not a passive cry. It is an act of defiance against despair. It is the will’s ...

The “Mass for the Care of Creation,” inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, has prayers and Mass readings designed ...

I recently celebrated my 60th birthday. I don’t know what it is about the number 60, but achieving that number of years in ...

Jonah wasn’t scared he’d fail. He was scared he’d succeed. God said, “Go to Nineveh.” Jonah said, “No thanks,” and boarded a ...

“One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my ...

You are God’s army, bringing justice against Iran’s evil rulers, as foretold in Jeremiah 49:38-39, which promises judgment on ...

What provides a moral compass for children and adults alike? This writer believes the answer is found in the scriptures.

When one digs just beneath the surface of the Bible and engages its stories in their ancient culture and context, it becomes ...

It comes from Numbers 23:24 in the Torah: “Behold, the people shall rise as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion ...

In what started out as a cloudy afternoon, the then bright and sunny stadium of Pope Leo XIV's favorite baseball team, Chicago's faithful cheered on one of their own's election to the papacy. The June ...