A Personal Relationship With God is Possible
On Feb 21st, 2018, Billy Graham, the famous evangelical preacher, died at the age of 99. Graham’s message was simple: God loves you and wants to have a…
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Tag: Reconciliation
Change of Seasons – Change of Heart
It’s official, autumn is here. Oh, I do know that autumn technically arrived a week or so ago at the equinox. It just doesn’t seem like fall when…
The Power of Confession
Recently I reviewed the book The Light is On For You: The Life-Changing Power of Confession, the latest book by Cardinal Donald Wuerl. It was an eye-opening read…
The Forgiving Father
In my first post at New Evangelizers, I used the analogy of fatherhood to understand why God may allow pain and tolerate bad behavior. God is the source…
Tapping into Divine Mercy
Today is the feast of St Faustina Kowalska, the young Polish sister who received revelations from Jesus about the depth of His love and His mercy. We should…
What Does Mercy Have to Do with Easter?
Readings for April 7, 2013: Divine Mercy Sunday (Second Sunday of Easter) Several years ago, the Catholic Church designated the Sunday after Easter as “Divine Mercy Sunday.” That…
Jesus, I Trust in You
Last month when we were together we talked a bit about how important it is to trust in God, and where trusting Him can take us, if we…
The Sacrament of the New Evangelization
Can there really be such a thing? In all our endeavors and mission, could one sacrament receive such a label? Cardinal Timothy Dolan suggested that it was Reconciliation…
Clean Your Heart, Simplify Your Life!
There’s always been something about a clean space that has made me think, work, and create better. Perhaps that’s one way I am made in the Image and…
Weeding
I live in the land of year-round yard work. And sometimes it gets old. Last weekend the dead marigolds on one side and the weeds choking my rose…