As I write, I just returned from time at a cabin on Lake Augusta. A spring feeding into the lake was along one side of our cabin. The continuous bubbling and gurgling comforted my busy mind, tense ...

The esteemed short-story writer Joy Williams wrote a book of short—and I mean really short—stories called Ninety-Nine Stories of God. The one called “Wet” is my favorite: The Lord was drinking some ...

Sunday, March 12, is the Third Sunday of Lent. Mass readings: Exodus 17:3-7; Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9; Romans 5:1-2, 5-8; John 4:5-42 or John 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42. The Gospel for this weekend’s ...

Several years ago, I read a story told by Peter Marshall and adapted by Joanna Weaver in her book, "Having a Mary Spirit." High in the Austrian Alps, surrounded by beautiful forests and alpine peaks, ...

“Jesus replied, ‘If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.’” (John 4:10) I want you to imagine a really sweltering hot ...

Storms often cause power outages throughout our area, resulting in loss of electrical service for hours or sometimes days. Such outages mean residents have no water supply in their homes. After storms ...

The Gospels for the Third, Fourth and Fifth Sundays of Lent can vary (though not this year). Because Lent is the immediate period of preparation of catechumens for Baptism at the Easter Vigil, the ...

Just as Jesus’ baptism launched his public ministry, our own baptisms ordinate us to a life of humble obedience and costly service. All four Gospels tell the story of Jesus’ baptism, as if every ...

On Sunday, as Christians of various denominations gathered in temples and other places of worship for Easter services, there was at least one group of Christians in Utah that gathered together in the ...