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“Joy is the serious business of Heaven.” C.S. Lewis1 Surely one of the marks of greatness is the longevity of one’s influence. Take the...

"To err is human; to forgive, divine." Alexander Pope Are you in tune? I went to a choir concert this past week. In order to be in tune...

“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil” Isa 5:20 We live in a time when things often seem very mixed up. Good is called evil and...

“Laugh and grow strong.” St. Ignatius of Loyola The other day I found myself gravitating to a certain checkout lady at a local grocery...

“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost everyday, to just sit and think.” Warren Buffet There is something that we all need -...

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” Albert Einstein Like most people, I tend to be a creature of habit. It’s natural...

I remember an experience I had at our local Department of Motor Vehicles. Now usually, this is a place that I am not too anxious to...

"Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go."* I grew up in a small town across the street from a cornfield. We would watch the...

It’s time for a well. It’s time for a drink of life-giving water. In the midst of all the things that need to be done, in the midst of...

“For the word of the Lord holds true, and we can trust everything he does. Ps 33:4 I was joking around with someone yesterday. It just so...

The city had to remove some of our grass while working on a flood management project. They recently came to replace the dirt patches they...

Do you know how fast you are going? We drove to Canada last week-end. After a long wait to get across the border we found ourselves on a...

“Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.” Richard Feyman I had something interesting happen to me...

One of the challenges of getting older is not the lines that begin to form on your forehead but lines that underline the names and needs...

“Life does not ask what we want. It presents us with options.” Thomas Sowell The lights blinked off. We had noticed dark clouds rolling...

“Real love loves us, not just as we are, but so that we can become what we are meant to be…It’s a love that won’t let us go.” Mark...

“When Jesus gave his disciples [the Lord’s] prayer, he was giving them part of his own breath. his own life, his own prayer…his own...

My guess is that right now, you or someone you care about is going through something difficult. You need healing. You need comfort in the...

“If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.”...

“To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.” Rom 8:6 “The most important thing about...

I have found, time and time again, that I am my best self when I'm slow on the inside. I am not really sure what it looks like on the...

I had the opportunity once to go and see and listen to one of my favorite authors. Afterward, he went to a gathering area along with the...

“The art of the awareness of God, the art of sensing His presence in our daily lives cannot be learned offhand.” Abraham Heschel...

“You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream.”* It was a cold, cloudy day and I was craving for a good story. I...