REFLECTIONS

Every person wants to be loved and feel special, and many of the ways people try to be special are so that they can be loved.  Just look...

This time of the year is blessed with music of the season. My favorites are the hymns of Christmas that refer to Christ. (And, Mele...

If you open your Bible to the Christmas story, you’ll find an interesting pattern.  The angel Gabriel appears to Zacharias and says, “Do...

The devotional book, Behold A Great Light: A Daily Devotional for the Nativity Fast through Theophany (Ancient Faith Publishing, 2023),...

Reflecting on my journey before joining Holy Apostles, I spent two years battling depression. Around January, Fr. Tom shared a story...

There’s an Evangelical Christian worship song that came to my mind recently. I was thinking about the importance of standing in silence...

We are about a quarter of the way into the Nativity Fast leading up to the celebration of Christ’s birth.  We have this time of year to...

Growing up in the Midwest, I became quite accustomed to severe weather events. Thunderstorms, tornadoes, blizzards, and ​ice storms were...