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“The bishops are oblivious to the implications of Fiducia Supplicans,” I grumbled to my spiritual director. “I don’t think that’s true,...

‘I will pour out on you a spirit of grace and supplication… We will look upon the One we have pierced and will mourn as one grieves for...

‘When we lead with our strengths, we create competition; we create community when we lead with our weaknesses.’ Mike Bickle Mike Bickle...

“I believed, therefore I said: ‘I am greatly afflicted,’ and in my dismay, I said: ‘All men are liars’” (Ps. 116:10). These last couple...

I am sick about new charges against IHOP-founder Mike Bickle: published in today’s KC Star, a detailed 14-page report. This is the worst...

‘Come out from them and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters’ (2 Cor. 6:17,18)....

Marco Casanova and Andrew Comiskey Is it “disloyal” or “schismatic” to respectfully disagree with the pope? We’ve been wrestling with...

‘Is it a time for you to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains in ruins? Go…and build the house, so that I may take...

Written by John Finnis, Robert P. George, ​Peter Ryan, S.J. On December 18, the Holy See’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith (DDF)...

Andrew Comiskey and Marco Casanova ‘Our freedom hinges on realizing truthful integrity.’- St. John Paul II Two groups protest our...

Editor’s Note: Annette wrote this year-end piece about wounded systems and symptoms. I loved it and thought it worth repeating. What is...

I’m grateful, even joyful about changes going on at IHOP. Aquinas said joy was a state of well-being based on reality. Let’s get real....

I love the International House of Prayer (IHOP). Its crisis is our crisis. In ’99, Mike and Diane Bickle shifted from pastoring a church...

Pope Francis said in early October that he would bless same-sex unions. He made it official today in a rare declaration from the...

“Who are you…what do you have to say for yourself? ‘I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness…’” (Jn. 1:22-23). Advent pops our...

‘How do we measure the gravity of sin and the incomparable vastness of God’s love for us? By looking at the magnitude of what God has...

Living Truth ‘You are Peter, and on this Rock, I will build My Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.’ (Matt. 16:18)....

The Child is a Warrior ‘I have quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me' (Ps....

Magnificent Seed ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in a field. Though it is the smallest of all...

Courage and Common Sense ‘These men began to argue with Stephen, but they could not stand up against his wisdom or the Spirit by which he...