“Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong.” (1 Corinthians 16:13) I wish I could say that alertness and...

There are days when I wonder if The Matrix is a documentary.

Three weeks ago, on a snowy Sunday afternoon, the phone rang. I barely recognized the voice of my seventy-eight year old mother. Crying...

For the longest time, growing up as a Presbyterian, I had no idea what the Sacrament of Confession was, or what it meant. In fact, I...

In Step Six and Step Seven we hand our character defects, our “weaknesses of character,” over to God. And as with each of the steps before,

It’s in Step Four and Step Five that we till the soil of our souls. We look at our newfound trust in God and we invite Him to take us on a j

Step Three is more like the narrow channel through which our recovery flows. It is the “turning point” wherein we do something mental—we mak

The man of darkness once stood over me like a phantom, working his power against me. He tried to kill me. He thought he killed the Man once,

Step Two: Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. I remember telling my sponsor early on that the...

Step One: We admitted that we were powerless over [ ] – that our lives had become unmanageable. I like to say I walked into overeaters...

It was Our Lord who asked Peter three times, in rather unusual fashion: “Do you love me?” Peter answered three times, “yes – yes – yes.”...

It is when I bring to mind the reality of my own fallenness and the shackling weight of sin that I am reminded of a secret weapon – one...