REV. DR. RICHARD HOWELL, Author at The Sunday Guardian Live

God’s active and deliberate mercy

God said through a prophet, “I desire mercy, not sacrifice” (Hos. 6:6; Matt 9:13). Mercy is the ground for right relation to God. The...

Reach out to suffering humanity

Our attempt at living a moral life, in an imitation of Christ, is empowered by God. He pours love into our hearts, enabling us...

Reach out to suffering humanity

Our attempt at living a moral life, in an imitation of Christ, is empowered by God. He pours love into our hearts, enabling us...

Reach out to suffering humanity

Our attempt at living a moral life, in an imitation of Christ, is empowered by God. He pours love into our hearts, enabling us...

Love relieves suffering

The embodiment of God’s holy love in our lives, fuels the struggle against injustice, motivating us to act in ways that radically deny hierarchies...

Love relieves suffering

The embodiment of God’s holy love in our lives, fuels the struggle against injustice, motivating us to act in ways that radically deny hierarchies...

Love relieves suffering

The embodiment of God’s holy love in our lives, fuels the struggle against injustice, motivating us to act in ways that radically deny hierarchies...

Cleave to God of holy love

The language of romantic love flowing through the pages of the Song of Solomon, in the Bible, describes the depth and passion of love...

Cleave to God of holy love

The language of romantic love flowing through the pages of the Song of Solomon, in the Bible, describes the depth and passion of love...

Cleave to God of holy love

The language of romantic love flowing through the pages of the Song of Solomon, in the Bible, describes the depth and passion of love...

God’s love poured into our hearts

The divine and human relation is characterized primarily by holy love, and coupled with wonder. God’s love is the wellspring of our capacity to...

God’s love poured into our hearts

The divine and human relation is characterized primarily by holy love, and coupled with wonder. God’s love is the wellspring of our capacity to...

God’s love poured into our hearts

The divine and human relation is characterized primarily by holy love, and coupled with wonder. God’s love is the wellspring of our capacity to...

Living as agents of reconciliation

Reconciliation is costly. It cost Jesus His life to mend our relationship with God. Motivated by love, God took the initiative to reconcile us...

Living as agents of reconciliation

Reconciliation is costly. It cost Jesus His life to mend our relationship with God. Motivated by love, God took the initiative to reconcile us...

Living as agents of reconciliation

Reconciliation is costly. It cost Jesus His life to mend our relationship with God. Motivated by love, God took the initiative to reconcile us...

Encountering the living Jesus Christ

Encountering the living Lord Jesus Christ hauls us out of self absorption and transforms us into people who love God and love one another....

Encountering the living Jesus Christ

Encountering the living Lord Jesus Christ hauls us out of self absorption and transforms us into people who love God and love one another....

Encountering the living Jesus Christ

Encountering the living Lord Jesus Christ hauls us out of self absorption and transforms us into people who love God and love one another....

Do something life-giving

Easter Sunday marks a celebration of Christ’s resurrection from the dead. This event is central to the faith of Jesus’ followers. However, have you...

Do something life-giving

Easter Sunday marks a celebration of Christ’s resurrection from the dead. This event is central to the faith of Jesus’ followers. However, have you...

Do something life-giving

Easter Sunday marks a celebration of Christ’s resurrection from the dead. This event is central to the faith of Jesus’ followers. However, have you...

Jesus was not a victim but a victor

Jesus faced the brutal cruelty of his crucifixion as a victor. His response to the state and religious leaders, who had connived to execute...

Jesus was not a victim but a victor

Jesus faced the brutal cruelty of his crucifixion as a victor. His response to the state and religious leaders, who had connived to execute...

Jesus was not a victim but a victor

Jesus faced the brutal cruelty of his crucifixion as a victor. His response to the state and religious leaders, who had connived to execute...

Participating in the life of God

The doctrine of incarnation is an essential bedrock of Christian spirituality. It states that in the historic person of Jesus of Nazareth, there was...

Participating in the life of God

The doctrine of incarnation is an essential bedrock of Christian spirituality. It states that in the historic person of Jesus of Nazareth, there was...

Participating in the life of God

The doctrine of incarnation is an essential bedrock of Christian spirituality. It states that in the historic person of Jesus of Nazareth, there was...

The Spirit imparts the love of life

Jesus taught profound truth to a woman at the well, when He said “God is spirit and His worshippers must worship in spirit and...

The Spirit imparts the love of life

Jesus taught profound truth to a woman at the well, when He said “God is spirit and His worshippers must worship in spirit and...

The Spirit imparts the love of life

Jesus taught profound truth to a woman at the well, when He said “God is spirit and His worshippers must worship in spirit and...

Repentance leads to renewal

The Gospel of Jesus Christ calls us to repent (Mark 1:15). This repentance implies willingly placing ourselves under the light of God’s word. As...

Repentance leads to renewal

The Gospel of Jesus Christ calls us to repent (Mark 1:15). This repentance implies willingly placing ourselves under the light of God’s word. As...

Repentance leads to renewal

The Gospel of Jesus Christ calls us to repent (Mark 1:15). This repentance implies willingly placing ourselves under the light of God’s word. As...

We must listen attentively to God

A joyful Christian life is not possible without personal and community prayers. Though often neglected, prayer is as essential as air and water. While...

We must listen attentively to God

A joyful Christian life is not possible without personal and community prayers. Though often neglected, prayer is as essential as air and water. While...

We must listen attentively to God

A joyful Christian life is not possible without personal and community prayers. Though often neglected, prayer is as essential as air and water. While...

Inner peace comes from believing

Jesus Christ taught that change stems from our inner being. When people asked Peter, Jesus’ disciple, “what should we do?” he said “repent and...

Inner peace comes from believing

Jesus Christ taught that change stems from our inner being. When people asked Peter, Jesus’ disciple, “what should we do?” he said “repent and...

Inner peace comes from believing

Jesus Christ taught that change stems from our inner being. When people asked Peter, Jesus’ disciple, “what should we do?” he said “repent and...

Jesus’ acceptance is all inclusive

Everyone is qualifed to be Jesus Christ’s disciples; they are not handpicked based on social status, gender or religious and moral perfection. Socially unaccepted people...

Jesus’ acceptance is all inclusive

Everyone is qualifed to be Jesus Christ’s disciples; they are not handpicked based on social status, gender or religious and moral perfection. Socially unaccepted people...

Jesus’ acceptance is all inclusive

Everyone is qualifed to be Jesus Christ’s disciples; they are not handpicked based on social status, gender or religious and moral perfection. Socially unaccepted people...

Jesus calls his disciple

Discipleship, a primary vision and value of Christian spirituality, is the essence of Christian life. Spirituality in the Christian sense is not reducible to...

Jesus calls his disciple

Discipleship, a primary vision and value of Christian spirituality, is the essence of Christian life. Spirituality in the Christian sense is not reducible to...

Jesus calls his disciple

Discipleship, a primary vision and value of Christian spirituality, is the essence of Christian life. Spirituality in the Christian sense is not reducible to...