In just a couple of days, it will be May 1st. Throughout Europe, this day is known as “May Day” and is celebrated as a holiday with traditions like dancing around a maypole (a pole with ribbons attached to it), leaving anonymous baskets of flowers on neighbors’ doorsteps, and lighting “lucky fires” in the evening…

I read an article recently that outlined what the world’s 5 major religions believed about the concept of a soul. It went through Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism and explained how they differed in their concepts of what could be called a “soul” (although even this term is native to Judaism and doesn’t exactly…

When the Apostle Paul wrote to the Romans, he wrote this in Chapter 12: “I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think.” But he also writes, just a few verses later, “Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.” This year…

This coming Sunday is the 2nd Sunday of Easter, which means that we engage in the usual “2nd Sunday of Easter” Gospel reading, the story of Thomas needing to see Jesus and put his finger into Jesus’ wounds. It illustrates an important point, even a theological point. No, not that one about doubt vs disbelief…