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There is Always a Bigger Picture

Recently, I took a quiz from my local paper about where I want to go...

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December 19, 2022

In This Moment

Photo by Susanne Jutzeler, suju-foto  We are five days from Christmas, and no matter what...

April 2022

April 16, 2022

The One Thing We Know…We are Not Ready

Author's Note: Wrote this last Friday before flying to Texas on Saturday to visit family....

December 2021

December 06, 2021

Second Week of Advent…Now What?

The second week of Advent is when my sixth child received his name.  We'd gone...

September 2021

September 30, 2021

Retro Saturday: Having a Youtube Moment, and How Not To…

This was written back on January 4th of 2008. First, a disclaimer: I don't watch...

August 2021

August 12, 2021

Asking for the Miraculous

When you find out you have cancer but that's all you know...it's a foxhole moment...

July 2021

July 16, 2021

We Need A Little Christmas

As a Catholic, we're always supposed to mindful of the liturgical season; Advent, Christmas, Ordinary...

July 10, 2021

“Ask the Lord for a Sign…”

Sometimes, you need to dare in prayer.   God doesn't mind.  In fact, He delights when...

June 2021

June 16, 2021

I have a feature over at OSV

I wrote this reflection shortly after discovering I have cancer. We are still in the...

May 2021

May 14, 2021

Hakuna Matata Theology vs. the Cross

This is not going to win me any points with the internet. If today you...

May 13, 2021

The Inbetween Spaces of Life

We've spent the past year or so in the inbetween state of Covid is ever...

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