If we try to separate ourselves from the cross, then we're inadvertently separating ourselves from Christ. 

Puppies, mom's, and scraps from the table. 

Typology, and the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes. 

Time with God is the pearl of greatest price. 

Weeds, wheat, and why God allows evil to fester. 

A patch of grass cannot magically turn into a golf course, and a random patch of soil cannot spontaneously produce good fruit. 

How to properly rest. 

God is the one and only thing we cannot live without. 

"The gift is not like the transgression." How God responds to human sinfulness with an overflowing abundance of grace. 

"There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek the salvation of others."--St. John Chrysostom.