Does this question confuse you? It is a statement that has nothing to do with the dinner dishes. Rather, it is a question that the “young people” understand as a regular term in their vocabulary. You know, those people who…
Are You Synced?
How Do You Stand?
So here it is, mid-Lent. Are you having one of those “déjà vu” moments where you wake up and realize that you haven’t really been paying attention to the season? There was Ash Wednesday and then Sunday and then Sunday…and? …
What Are You Waiting For?
It’s the early into Lent. How’s it going so far? Are you holier, more reverent, a better witness? Have you thought about how this “season of waiting” is affecting you? Maybe you haven’t had the time? We are not used…
A Most Basic Skill
For quite some time, now my heart has been stolen by one of the iconic images of the faith. I am completely smitten by this picture every time I see it almost to the point of not being able to…
Giving God the Gift of Obedience
You know the drill. You’ve got the list. It includes relatives close and distant, the neighbor’s kids, teachers, friends and so on. But I’ll bet there’s someone of great import that you left off your list: God. Right, that’s God,…
The End of The Line
In November, our Church calls us to remember the remarkable of the Church both recognized (All Saints) and those unrecognized (All Souls). We set up memorial tables, reverence the Book of the Dead, and attend memorial Masses, all the while…
The Luckiest Man in the Bible
In our all too self-centered society, the attraction of “personal drama” and “woe is me” thinking is pervasive. Every public figure and celeb has some mega-emotional story of the most recent tragedy in their lives that is all important and…
Breath
I’ve been retired a while now and have been moved to the place where I am constantly reading and seeking all of the “natural” points of view about health. If you have done some looking at anything that hints of Oriental…
Plain Old Water
One of the things that endeared Jesus to people was that his teaching was always practical. It came from the stuff of their everyday lives. He cited examples that would have been a part of peoples’ daily experience. He did…
Chosen, Schmozen
Sometimes I think we hear bible and religious terms to the tune of: “That again, what’s the big deal?” Terms like: holy, sanctified, sacred, ancient, established, marked, set apart, covenant, chosen. As we rush through life and religion, we sometimes make…