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May 2022

May 17, 2022

Over at Our Sunday Visitor This Week

The beginnings of thoughts on the horrific shooting and violent deaths of ten people in...

May 09, 2022

The Road to Heaven is Paved with Effort

"The road to Hell is paved with Good Intentions" is not actually something we should...

May 02, 2022

We Need to Look, Smell, Feel and Breathe More Catholic

I watched Superman --Man of Steel, and the fundamental argument is that sometimes, you have...

April 2022

April 25, 2022

What do You Do?

We just celebrated the Divine Mercy Sunday. We've held a Year of Mercy. Personally, I...

April 18, 2022

Easter Monday…How are We an Easter People?

Most of us get Advent and we get Lent and we get the big wind...

March 2022

March 29, 2022

We Are All Messier than We Admit

We don't know how we would have acted in the heated moment. We only know...

March 03, 2022

The One Thing We Know…

Wrote this last Friday before I hopped on a plane to visit family in Texas...

February 2022

February 27, 2022

Remembering We are Ashes Before We are Ash

Image Credit: Gregory Gresko The man embracing the foot of the cross in the Ukraine...

February 16, 2022

Over at the Register This Week

This week, while at adoration, I asked God if He still wanted me to be...

February 15, 2022

Some Miracles We Recognize

Saturday, Paul's team played basketball. He loves the game. He understands two things: shooting and...

February 09, 2022

Love the Olympics, Have to Ask a Question…

So I love watching the Olympics. Summer, Winter, it doesn't matter, I love the epic...

February 05, 2022

Not a Memoir

When I write my blog, it isn't a promise that everything will be precise, but...

February 02, 2022

NFL Opts to Forego Superbowl and Keep Scheduling Playoffs

Given the way playoffs have finished the past few weeks, it might be more profitable...

January 2022

January 31, 2022

The Joy Project

Honestly, we're not done with this pandemic. We're not done and we're so tired and...

January 19, 2022

Happiness is a Warm House

We have heat! I don't have Covid! Everybody Mambo! Everybody Mambo GIFfrom Everybody GIFs I...

January 17, 2022

On My UnBucket List

This past week, five of the six of us finally tested negative for Covid. I'm...

January 16, 2022

This Week….

Not Quite Eventful My daughter flew back from Chicago for New Years day. She arrived...

January 08, 2022

Things One Does When One Has Covid

Think about organizing the closet. Think about reading. Think about writing. Clear out summer clothes...

December 2021

December 16, 2021

The Illusion of Permanent Pain

Advent reminds us, the reality of life is not death, not pain, not trauma...

December 15, 2021

It’s December 15th, I’m Flunking Advent and Christmas and Let’s Add New Year’s While We’re at It.

It's December 15th, I'm Flunking Advent and Christmas and Let's Add New Year's While We're...

November 2021

November 15, 2021

The Messiness of Life

I crave approval and attention. Additionally, I want to be thought of as smart. I...

November 02, 2021

Today is the First Day

It's hard to know what to call this person I know who died today. He's...

October 2021

October 29, 2021

So I Started This Morning a Beautiful Poetic Post About…

How we are the both ands, not either We are to love God first,...

October 20, 2021

Food How I Hate You, Let’s Eat

So I've been through three rounds of chemotherapy, I've lost my hair and now we...

October 19, 2021

A House Divided

For the past few years, I've written a baseball poem about watching the playoffs or...

October 03, 2021

How to Make Sure You’re Living

Recently, I read a post on Zombie Marriages, and reminding people not to go through...

August 2021

August 09, 2021

Mask Wearing, Humility and Virtue

Recently, I shared this meme, only to be questioned as to whether it was an...

August 03, 2021

Why All This Stuff Matters

It's August. It's hot and there is nothing looming on the horizon but the ordinary...

July 2021

July 11, 2021

The Power of Witness

We took the kids swimming this Sunday at the pool with the high diving board. ...

July 04, 2021

Happy 4th of July

Dear Nation, It's July 4th, 2021. We're a tired people who have so much more to...

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