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Letting Go of Control: Trading Our Will For God’s

Click here for Daily Readings “You search the Scriptures, because you think you have eternal life through them; even they testify on my behalf. But you do not want to come to me to have life.” ~ Jn 5:39:40 Once again, we read about another altercation between Jesus and the law abiding Jewish leaders. The…

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The Herod Within: A Struggle Between Control and Faith

Click here for Daily Readings But Herod said, “John I beheaded. Who then is this about whom I hear such things?” And he kept trying to see him. ~ Lk 9:7 It’s said that Emperor Augustus joked about Herod Antipas saying “It’s better to be Herod’s pig than his son.” (Macrobius, Saturnalia, 2:4:11) Herod was…