Why are we hard, even difficult, with the people with whom we largely agree? When we discuss our theology, we are often not simply giving our opinions, but our convictions. And it is sometimes hard to delineate between ourselves and what we believe.
O. Henry's story, "The Gift of the Magi" is about costly giving out of love. Bishop Joey Royal writes that the costliest gift, though, comes to us from a loving Father: the gift is Christ.
When I became pregnant, I learned that veteran parents talk to parents-to-be almost exclusively in clichés: “Sleep while you can”; “Your life is about...
