text "Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning." In a small article buried in the business section of the Star Tribune: “The…
audio Finding a wee bit of courage… For 2 August 2016, Memorial of Saint Peter Julian Eymard, based on Matthew 14…
audio How much is the pearl worth? For 27 July 2016, Wednesday of week 17 in Ordinary Time, based on Jeremiah 15…
text "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that really matter." As Republicans gathered in Cleveland this past week, Donald Trump’s task was…
text "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that really matter." As Republicans gathered in Cleveland this past week, Donald Trump’s task was…
audio He will not break the crushed reed For 16 July 2016, Saturday of 15th Week, based on Matthew 12:14-21, sent in…
text "Are you the person God has put in my life to help me better understand myself?" After dinner I took a walk in the neighborhood. Anticipating the heat of the…
text "Are you the person God has put in my life to help me better understand myself?" After dinner I took a walk in the neighborhood. Anticipating the heat of the…
text "How good does a Good Samaritan have to be?" The question still haunts me. The woman in her forties was a neighbor to a…
text "How good does a Good Samaritan have to be?" The question still haunts me. The woman in her forties was a neighbor to a…
text "Simplicity: A gift worth pursuing." Learning to collaborate with the mission of Jesus is to accept His invitation…
text "Simplicity: A gift worth pursuing." Learning to collaborate with the mission of Jesus is to accept His invitation…
text "Wishy-washy disciples need not apply." In “Happy New Year, Charlie Brown,” one of the “Peanuts” TV specials, Charlie…
text "Wishy-washy disciples need not apply." In “Happy New Year, Charlie Brown,” one of the “Peanuts” TV specials, Charlie…
audio By their fruits . . . For 22 June 2016, Wednesday of 12th Week, based on Matthew 7:15-20, sent in…
audio Whom should we ordain? For 19 June 2016, Twelfth Sunday of the Year, based on Galatians 3:26–29,…
text "If you could relinquish one of your daily crosses, which one would you choose?" By the time the gospel of Luke was written in approximately 85 A.D., the…
text "If you could relinquish one of your daily crosses, which one would you choose?" By the time the gospel of Luke was written in approximately 85 A.D., the…
text "Well behaved women rarely make history." Described as “my run away sentence”, Laurel Thacher Ulrich penned the phrase, …
text "Well behaved women rarely make history." Described as “my run away sentence”, Laurel Thacher Ulrich penned the phrase, …
audio The challenge of discipleship For 7 June 2016, Tuesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 5:13-16,…
text "I was hoping he would have jumped out of bed after you blessed him." There was a genuine sense of urgency in her voice when she called. Her husband…
text "I was hoping he would have jumped out of bed after you blessed him." There was a genuine sense of urgency in her voice when she called. Her husband…
audio That everyone might have enough For 30 May 2016, Monday of the 9th week of the year, based on Mark 12:1-12,…
