Reverend Tom Simmons has served as Rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Purcellville since 2002, leading with a mission ...

MOST DAYS AROUND 11:45 a.m., I turn on my screen saver, grab my gym bag, and walk two blocks to SportsMed, a gym owned and operated by a local medical practice. Sue or Brenda greets me by name and ...

“Preach the Gospel, and if necessary, use words.” Attributed to St. Francis of Assisi, this oft-quipped admonition reminds us to practice what we preach. For those called to the Christian ministry, ...

We have to remind ourselves that the effectiveness of a priest's preaching depends mainly on the state of his spiritual life. More than his intellectual caliber and his speaking and entertaining ...

Every homeowner has a tool box. In those tool boxes are basic tools to fix a variety of things. But, even a well-equipped tool box is useless in the hands of someone without the skills to use them.

Cambridge, MA. Lent is upon us, our Sunday readings from the Sermon on the Mount come to an end on March 6, and so we must take leave of our series on Swami Prabhavananda’s Sermon on the Mount ...

Let’s not forget the spiritual discipline of choice for the masses. My Toyota Camry has served me well in my 40 minute commute to work, but after several close calls, I have discovered one downside: ...

My work as an imam and focus on spiritual coexistence in Israel and Palestine has shown me that the best personal defense against destructive emotions is to find the other inside ourselves. A complex ...

Celebrating the Chrism Mass, Francis invites priests to meditate on "priestly closeness". " When people say of a priest, “he is close to us”, they usually mean two things. The first is that “he is ...