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Of the temptation of Jesus in the desert, St. Augustine once wrote, "if He were not tempted, He could not teach you how to triumph over temptation."  This homily looks at a very specific set of simple, yet potent, GRACED filled movements to make in times of temptation, so we can takedown temptations with Jesus.

On the eve of Lent 2022...Jesus offers to lead us on a journey of transformation that both revives us and equips us to be a walking revival living life in the Holy Spirit full on...

Headlined by amazing healing of her eyesight, Angela recounts the her powerful encounter with the healing love of Jesus at a recent Encounter Ministries Healing Service in Portland, OR.  PRAISE YOU JESUS, WE GLORIFY YOU!!

The wonderful testimony of Theresa, who had been deaf in her left ear for over 20 years after an accident before Jesus opened her ear at a healing service...praise you JESUS!

At an Encounter Ministries Healing Service in Portland, OR we reflect on the crucifixion of Jesus, and the reality that He went, and in the midst of His suffering, stayed on the cross for you and I until the point of death...

Through the prophet Jeremiah, the Lord tells us, "blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose hope is the Lord." (Jer 17:7)  Through learning to continually surrender to the Lord, we grow in our ability to trust God, believing that everything He has said, He will do...

At the closing session of the Archdiocese of Detroit's RISE youth conference, we dig into Jesus teaching about the parable of the treasure. (Mt 13:44)

Blinded by a light from heaven, Saul encountered Jesus. (Acts 22) By grace, Saul turned from breathing murderous threats (Acts 9:1) toward to the disciples of Jesus to becoming a disciple and revealing the love of Jesus (1 Cor 13) in what are still some of the most famous words of Scripture today...

During the period of The Restoration, God raised up Nehemiah to restore the walls of Jerusalem in the 400's BC.  With fearless devotion to God and total disregard for fear of man, his heroic faith inspires to this day...

The closing session of the virtual St. Ignatius (Grand Cayman) Confirmation retreat.   A deep dive into the invitation of Jesus to, "come follow me', and a look at Holy Spirit hunger, power and overflow in our lives as disciples of Jesus, the most exciting and wonderful life possible.

The wonderful testimony of Linda, who describes the healing of her husband's nerve damage at an Encounter Ministries Healing Service from a car accident 10 years ago, damage doctors told him would only get worse.  Praise you Jesus!

At the close of the Christmas season, we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord.  The words of St. John the Baptist point to one more tremendous gift from the season meant to permeate our everyday lives with the extraordinary...

Bathing in the grace of the Christmas season, we travel with the Magi to learn by revelation the mystery of their desire, devotion and transformation...

We dive into the gift of saturating in divine love that Mary wants to share with us that is described by Luke, "and Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart" (Lk 2:19)

On Christmas Day, we welcome Jesus our Lord anew into our lives, He who came to smash the reign of sin and death.  As we draw near to the manger, Emmanuel offers us a gift...

With a few days to go on the Advent journey, we meditate on The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth and ask Mother Mary to lead us into a life-changing in encounter with Jesus at Christmas.

On Gaudete ("Rejoice" Phil 4:4) Sunday we dive into Zephaniah 3 & Philippians 4 mindful of the question, "what do you want for Christmas?"

A look at St. Paul's inspired words to the Philippians that reveal precious God-given wisdom for decision making, "and this is my prayer: that your love may increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception, to discern what is of value so that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ."(Phil 1:9-10)

At the outset of Advent, a season of transformation in God's love that prepares us for the miracle of Christmas, an invitation from Jesus awaits us...

On the Solemnity of Christ the King, we consider life in the Kingdom of the Beloved Son here and now...