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February 4, 2021 My story is common to those who exist on the margins — those who have gone unseen and been disregarded because they have not mattered enough to people who believe that being poor means that you are somehow less human and unworthy of the same love that we all seek. However, as everyone across the world reaches out for one another in a new climate of enforced physical distancing due to COVID-19, the cracks in our systems of care — the symptoms of our failure to care — are painfully evident for all to see, from people experiencing homelessness who find themselves without ...

This article is part of the 5 Myths series. Myth #1: Marriage, as we know it in this age, is the final destiny of any human. My mother was killed in a bus collision near Bethlehem in Israel in 1974. She was fifty-six years old and had been married to my father for thirty-seven years. As the grief began to heal, God gave my father another wonderful wife. I rejoice in this. But it has caused me to take much more seriously the words of Jesus to the Sadducees concerning marriage in the resurrection. They told Jesus about a woman who was widowed seven times. “At the resurrection,” they asked, ...

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Just as the Great Commandment requires us to actively love our neighbors, the Great Requirement commands us to further the cause of justice.  The first part of this requirement, “act justly,” obligates believers to take affirmative steps toward promoting justice. Like love, justice is more than merely the lack of injustice. Justice is substantive and active; it means we’re willing to give of ourselves for others. The political arena enables ...

2020 May Finally Be Over, But the Plight of Refugees and Other Immigrants Is Not Many immigrants and refugees have long known the anguish and loneliness of being separated from family. Matthew Soerens 2020 was a hard year. The coronavirus pandemic upended lives and forced millions of Americans to stay socially distanced and isolated. Many spent Christmas apart from family for the first time ever. As we enter the new year, I know we’re all yearning for a return to normal so that we can reunite with our friends, families and loved ones. But the anguish and loneliness many of us feel right now...

The power of gratitude is the ability to see the good. More specifically, a grateful person is free to see the good. When we give thanks, our eyes are opened and our hearts can understand. Simply having eyes doesn’t guarantee sight. Eyes must be opened in order to see. The reason we often don’t see things correctly is that we see things as we want them to be, not as they really are. Most people are blinded by greed or desire, or their vision is skewed. But a grateful person is afforded a deeper understanding and the ability to see things as they are.