text “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone” Week after week the old man complained to God every Sunday morning in church,…
text “The great gift of Easter is hope.” Waiting in the wings to go on stage was the image that came to mind as I…
text “Thank you, Jesus for showing us how to die.” It was a combination of the subzero temperature and a bone chilling wind that…
text “Is Jesus asleep in your boat?” As Pope Benedict XVI prepared to step down from the bridge of the “The…
text Lent: An invitation to perfection. When I arrived, I was ushered into a dimly lit room. Propped up with pillows,…
text Heavenly Hash: A Lenten Temptation Answering the doorbell on Ash Wednesday morning, I received a package…
text “I generally avoid temptation, unless I can’t resist it.” Lent has begun once again, so can temptation be far behind? The season of…
text “Is the glass half empty, half full, or is the glass twice its normal size?” What to do while you are waiting to order your cappuccino? Just read the…
text “Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them more.” Caddying at local private golf clubs was a way of life for many of my friends…
text “Developing an attitude of beatitude.” Standing in the express line (15 items or less) at one of the local…
text “To know Jesus means spending the rest of your life wondering what hit you.” Dorothy Day, a ferocious convert to Christianity, was no slouch when it came…
text “We can go home again.” Arriving back home in Minneapolis during a blizzard, I seriously wondered…
text "Receive what you are: the Body of Christ." At first, the nurse seemed reluctant to say anything about the condition of…
text "Did Jesus Have a Drinking Problem?" Jesus performed his first miracle (sign) in the Gospel of John (2:1-12) by…
text “Who witnessed your baptism?” Aside from the chilling baptismal scenes of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)…
text “Sorry, there is no room in the inn, but would you like to come in for a drink?” The Christmas pageant was in progress and Joseph, along with his wife Mary…
text "i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)" The final line of one of e.e.cummings’ “little poems” carries this beautiful…
text “Together we can do something wonderful.” “Please, Fr. Gillespie, come in. Mother Teresa has been expecting you.” It…
text “Dance, then, wherever you may be, I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.” There is no record in the New Testament of Jesus ever dancing, so we might be…
text “At what time would you like your wake-up call?” The phone rang almost immediately when I entered my hotel room. Assuming the…
text “One day you finally knew what you had to do and began.” As the baby nestled comfortably in the arms of her mother, I began the…
text "Gotta Serve Somebody" When the album entitled “Slow Train Coming” was launched in 1979, one song…
text “In case of the Rapture, this car will be abandoned.” Due to the snowstorm, the trip back from Des Moines to Dubuque would take an…
text "It's good to be blessed, but it's better to be a blesing." Putting the finishing touches on the flowerpots in front of church, I was…
text "Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go." Listening to Nora Jones sing “Love Me Tender” triggered a memory of Elvis…
