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March 2024

March 24, 2024

Get Your Donkey Outta the Way!

Imagine for a minute you are about to make a grand entrance—you’re the star of...

March 21, 2024

What the Heck is a Chaplet, Anyway?

I’m asked on a regular basis by many non-Catholics what a rosary is and why...

March 17, 2024

Listen to the Canary in Your Coal Mines

God sends us canaries all the time, trying to communicate with us every day. The...

March 14, 2024

There Is a Time to Eat BBQ… Turn! Turn! Turn!

The other day, someone near and dear to me and I were watching TV. There...

March 11, 2024

“Get Outta My tribe!”

I blame tribalism. Tribalism is more than just being organized into a tribe. It’s a...

March 07, 2024

What Am I Worth?

We are constantly bombarded by the question on social media, TV, and radio, “What are...

March 03, 2024

All I Hear is, “Thou Shalt Not!”

I was in a discussion with someone a few weeks back who became frustrated with...

February 2024

February 29, 2024

My Dad Wasn’t a Boy Scout, but He was Prepared.

I was thinking a lot about my dad this week. Mom would give Dad a...

February 25, 2024

“Don’t You Test Me!”

The fact is we are tested every day, every hour, every minute of the day....

February 22, 2024

Help others? Why should I?

The one conversation that seemed to be almost made of T-N-T was about helping those...

February 18, 2024

Covenant, Schmovenant… Who Cares?

Covenant schmovenant… It’s just another way of saying contract, only more church-like isn’t it? Yes...

February 15, 2024

“We’re All Going to Have a Cross to Carry…”

Last night, I had the honor of assisting the good and holy bishop of my...

February 11, 2024

Preparing Snacks in Secret

As we move into Lent, we have the opportunity to be “moved with pity” for...

February 08, 2024

“Sorry, I can’t help. You’re homeless.” (3 of 3)

So, what can I do when I meet the homeless? Simply acknowledge them as a...

February 04, 2024

Life is a Drudgery

“Is not life on earth a drudgery?” Job, the ever Eeyore, starts chapter 7 with...

February 01, 2024

“Sorry, I can’t help. You’re homeless.” (2 of 3)

Today, there are close to 650,000 Americans on the street on any given day. That’s...

January 2024

January 28, 2024

Are YOU Your OWN Authority Figure? You Should Be!

What is Authority? The dictionary says authority is the right or power to make your...

January 25, 2024

“Sorry, I can’t help. You’re homeless.” (1 of 3)

Not All Are Homeless for the Same Reason. For some reason, society loves lumping the...

January 21, 2024

So, You Have Faith. Can You Question or Doubt?

To have faith is to have trust or confidence in something. “I have faith that...

January 18, 2024

We Believe… We Have Faith…But Where’s the Peace?

What Does it Mean to Believe? We’ve all heard the adage, “If it quacks like...

January 14, 2024

The “Call”: We All Receive Them, But When Will You Answer?

Nine years ago, I got a text from a friend I hadn’t seen in a...

January 11, 2024

Love Means ALWAYS Having to Say You’re Sorry!

In 1970, a novel titled ‘Love Story’ came out, and a subsequent movie came out...

January 06, 2024

Epiphany – Have You Had One Lately?

We—you and me—are in our own right, Magi. We are following a star. Some toward...

January 04, 2024

TO Sin, or NOT to Sin… THAT is the Question

Sin comes from the Greek word Hamartia, which means “to miss the mark or target,”...

December 2023

December 31, 2023

To Resolution, or Not to Resolution… To New Beginnings!

It’s that time of year! The annual time of hope and disappointment all rolled into...

December 28, 2023

Fall to Pieces or Peace in a Storm in the New Year?

When you face the storms of life, which do you cling to—pieces or peace? Look...

December 24, 2023

Is the VACANCY Sign Lit at YOUR Inn?

Many years ago, two nights before my wife and I married, we went to Our...

December 21, 2023

You are a Teacher—Be Careful What You Teach!

I had one student in my history class who would NOT pass. Period. When I...

December 17, 2023

A New Year is Coming! God’s Gym: Pumping up the Soul, Spirit & Body

Most of us over a certain age worry about our blood pressure, blood sugar, and...

December 14, 2023

Ah… You must be Catholic – And Those Who Have Gone Before

So, as much as we all like to whip right through the hand motions, the...

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