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Do you ever wish God would come to your house? It doesn’t make a lot of difference whether you live alone or with family, in a manufactured home or an apartment or a custom build. Do you ever wish that God lived there, too? Don’t cop out with, “God is everywhere, of course he’s in my house... 

Although Midsummer is astronomically around June 24, the rhythm of our lives puts it precisely right now: July 15. We are roughly 50% through the summer break and not yet into the hysteria of back-to-school, after-vacation busyness. May I offer some suggestions for this middle of the summer lull, centering on improving the practice of your faith?

July brings back memories of childhood summers, when three generations of my family would trek to the mountains of New Mexico to fish and ride and explore God’s creation. The exploration took us beyond the mountains to exotic Santa Fe...

A few years back, the Swiss did a study on the roles of parents in passing on faith practice to their children. Some of their results: If both father and mother attend church regularly, 33 percent of their children will end up as regular churchgoers, and 41 percent will end up attending irregularly...

Coming from India to the United States, I’ve become more aware of the value of time. People are so busy here, and everyone travels in cars— it seems like the whole city is moving! Each person is meticulously scheduled, and it makes sense to me that some people say they don’t have time to pray...