Zooming Out
Dear Friends, Sometimes I’ll ask people, “If you were the Devil, looking at you right now, how would you attack”? Their responses are invariably perceptive,
Category: Weekly Message
Shifting into Higher Gear
Dear Friends, With the coming of September, we in the Northern Hemisphere start to put summer behind us and focus more on the new school
Legacy Living
Dear Friends, Recently I drove past a new retirement community called Legacy Living. I found myself pondering: If a legacy is something of value you
A Deep Read for a New School Year
Dear Friends, Looking for a deep spiritual and theological read? This is not the typical spiritual reading book upon which to take leisure. The Science
You Cannot Be Serious
Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail,
A Parish Barometer
Dear Friends, August 4 is the feast day of St. John Vianney (1786-1859), the Curé d’Ars. A priest of limited intellectual skills, he became famous
Sheep That Remind Us to Remember
Dear Friends, A Movie Review of Sorts Mom and I recently saw the movie The Sheep Detectives. Reminiscent of old-school Disney movies, it is an
Grace
“I wait for the Lord, who bends down to me and hears my cry.” (Psalm 40) Dear Friends, Psalm 24 puts the question starkly: “Who
The Road Less Traveled
Dear Friends, The great poet Robert Frost wrote a poem titled “The Road Not Taken.” The premise of the poem is that all of
