by Ralph Martin | Apr 28, 2025 | Blog, Ralph Martin
Holiness is not just a good idea or an optional extra. God commands each of us to be holy because He is holy (see Lv 11:44-45, 19:2, 20:7, 20:26). To be in union with Him, something must change in us. When Moses asks to see the Lord, God responds that “man shall not...
by Peter Herbeck | Apr 28, 2025 | Blog, Peter Herbeck
On a sunny Saturday morning in early February, my wife, Debbie, and I were enjoying a quiet ride home to Ann Arbor from Grand Rapids, Michigan. The evening before, we had the privilege of speaking at a gala marriage event for more than two hundred Catholic couples. My...
by Pete Burak | Apr 25, 2025 | Blog
Isn’t it fun when you meet someone and realize they have a common friend or shared experience? In those moments, we often marvel, “Small world, isn’t it?” Rachel Herbeck and I recently completed a whirlwind mission to Brazil, and this was a common refrain throughout...
by Rachel Herbeck | Mar 27, 2025 | Blog, Rachel Herbeck
What are your present circumstances? Are you in a season where you are feeling God’s love a lot? Are you in a season of suffering? In Philippians, St. Paul tells us his circumstances and how he responds to them in the power of the Holy Spirit: I want you to...
by Ralph Martin | Mar 27, 2025 | Blog, Ralph Martin
Dear Friends and Fellow Disciples, As usual, there is a lot going on—thanks be to God! So much great work for the kingdom is being made possible through your support! The class I taught during the fall semester at the seminary was perhaps my best class ever, both...
by Patti Maguire Armstrong | Mar 27, 2025 | Blog
Discovering the Faith I met my husband, Mark, in the Peace Corps in the Marshall Islands. Mark died on May 11, 2024. We had been married almost forty-three years, and it was a day and fifteen minutes before his sixty-eighth birthday. When we met, we were we were both...
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