The Year of Mercy comes to an end just as Americans are setting our tables for our traditional harvest feast. Thanksgiving is a secular holiday, but the coincidence is pleasant. It sets a nice bookend ...

God, have mercy on me! God of Love, God of Grace, God of Mercy, have mercy on me for the things I have done and for what I have left undone. Have mercy on me. I pray for God’s mercy in the morning, in ...

A good portion of the pastor in me wants to be outraged this week. Coming back from a Fourth of July break to read about the goings-on in Washington, D.C., I started to fill with indignation. Thanks ...

Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses' hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face ...

With the challenges and trials of life, the need for God's mercy and compassion becomes a beacon of hope that guides us through our darkest times. These divine qualities reflect God's willingness to ...

Precisely because God’s mercy is beyond human categories and constraints, His dispensation of justice and grace goes beyond our comprehension. The Lord reveals the irreducible and absolute freedom of ...

Discovering grace and mercy in a divisive world If mercy is when you don’t get what you do deserve then Grace is when you get what you don’t deserve. Grace is undeserved kindness. We’re all familiar ...

I remember once, when I was about 8 years old, playing with a large, rubber bouncy ball. I was tossing it against a wall and having great fun trying to catch the speedy rebounds until it bounced ...

Clara's Ronan Scully notes the month of February brings together two great movements of mercy - The Feast of Our Lady of ...

Terry Mattingly writes: Popular evangelical writer Philip Yancey is depending on the grace of God after eight-year affair.