As a preacher, you, like Paul and the other apostles, can bring people to faith.

Many people arrive at church with a jumble of conflicting impulses. They want to hear the Word of God and yet they resist. They want to be open to new life, and yet they want to cling to the way things are.

So let's talk frankly about the vocation crisis. We all know why we're having this problem, though public rhetoric imparts the blame to this group or that one.

You can frame stories around the following themes that occur in today’s readings: jealousy, self-protection, survival, hearing God's call.

We all hear voices in our heads. Some people call it the “committee.” And we’re influenced by the voices we hear.

A common thread of good companies is an appreciation of the good work being done by each employee.

There seems to be a primordial instinct in most human beings to support the underdog.

The divine Shepherd knows us. We hear his voice and we follow him. He protects us from all evil and opens a way for us that we might come to fulfillment. Let us pray that we always have the courage to follow the shepherd.

In the Revelation reading, those who have “survived”—whether coming through martyrdom or enduring final judgment—encounter several salvation promises from the Hebrew scriptures.

Whoever will passionately love Jesus, hidden in the forces that make the earth grow, that person the earth will lift up, like a mother, in her huge arms, and allow that person to contemplate the face of God. . . .  —Pierre Teilhard de Chardin