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I was an Anglican priest the summer I met St Therese of Lisieux. I was living in England and had three months free between jobs, so I decided to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. I was going to hitch hike and stay in monasteries and religious houses on the way. The first leg of my…

St Simeon the Stylite   I have never understood the aversion most Christians have to fasting. Say the word ‘fasting’ and you get distasteful and alarmed expressions, as if to say, “Good heavens! That’s rather unnecessarily extremist isn’t it?” One suspects that they think you go in for ‘physical mortifications’ of other kinds like flagellation…

I always give people the benefit of the doubt. Some of my friends think it is a vice and some think it is a virtue. I hope I’m not being naive, but I really do try to see the best of every idea and every person. In this column More Christianity I’ve tried to share…

When we go to confession we are getting an excellent dose of inner therapy. Confession works, and forgiveness really does make us better. There are three problem areas of our lives which we can bring into confession. We are usually conditioned to ask forgiveness only for the things we have done. But we can also…

The iconography of the church often reveals startling reminders of the truths of the faith. When Pentecost is represented we most often see the tongues of flame descending on the heads of the Apostles, but we also see the apostles gathered around the Blessed Mother-reminding us that Pentecost is not just a personal experience, but…

I had gone to England from the United States with the dream of being an Anglican country priest. I wanted to be the pastor of one of those beautiful old stone churches nestled in a quaint English village in the heart of the countryside. My dream came true, and in these columns I hope to…

‘Mere’ Christianity is only a starting place. It is Christianity for Beginners. C.S.Lewis himself expected people to move from ‘mere’ Christianity to something more. My own Christian journey has been a search for that ‘more’ the Lewis hints at. Did you know that when C.S. Lewis was on his deathbed he was worried that his…
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