Before one can rightly and sustainably care for others, one must learn to receive care from God and to exercise faithful stewardship over one’s own life. Christian self-care finds its deepest meaning within the vocation of discipleship. Jesus declares, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me” (Matt. 16:24). Within this life of discipleship, care of the self becomes an act of creaturely stewardship, that is, the recognition t

I am often asked, “Why do you wear a clerical collar?” The question is worth answering, particularly in an age when clerical attire has become increasingly uncommon. The simplest answer is this: I wear the clerical collar as a visible expression of the vocation to which Christ has called me and as a reminder that my life and ministry are given in service to Him and His Church. The clerical collar finds its significance in what it represents. Holy Scripture establishes the pas

There are seasons when the Christian life feels like coarse winter soil—hard beneath the surface, quiet above it. We pray, we wait, we repent, we hope, and yet we wonder if anything is happening at all. Into that weary, waiting heart the Lord speaks with the steady confidence of heaven: “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth… so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty…” (Isaiah 55:1