text “Come to me, all you that are weary, and I will give you rest.” Soul searching moments can take us by surprise and, with the grace of God,…
text "What floats your boat?" Good question, I thought, as I stared at the bumper sticker on the boat…
text "What are friends for?" I don't recall when I first heard the phrase, "What are friends for?" …
text "What are friends for?" I don't recall when I first heard the phrase, "What are friends for?" …
text "It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog." Coming home very late from a hospital call, I was listening on the car radio…
text "It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog." Coming home very late from a hospital call, I was listening on the car radio…
text "I hear you knocking, but you can't come in." Once the rhythm and blues song, "I Hear You Knocking, But You Can't Come In",…
text "I hear you knocking, but you can't come in." Once the rhythm and blues song, "I Hear You Knocking, But You Can't Come In",…
text "What a friend we have in Jesus." Some years ago, when I was teaching in Dubuque, Iowa, I was invited to a Hymn…
text "What a friend we have in Jesus." Some years ago, when I was teaching in Dubuque, Iowa, I was invited to a Hymn…
text "As we look back at those who have gone before us, what do we find?" n you take." It was two days before Christmas eve that I reached up to the top shelf in the…
text "As we look back at those who have gone before us, what do we find?" n you take." It was two days before Christmas eve that I reached up to the top shelf in the…
text "Always give more than you take." Reading the daily obituaries always gives me a new lease on life. A firm…
text "Always give more than you take." Reading the daily obituaries always gives me a new lease on life. A firm…
text If you want the unlikeliest of answers, then listen to the unexpected questions. In the words of the poet Mary Oliver, "Poetry is a life-giving force. For…
text If you want the unlikeliest of answers, then listen to the unexpected questions. In the words of the poet Mary Oliver, "Poetry is a life-giving force. For…
text "Lift up your eyes Upon this day breaking for you. Give birth again to the dream." The inevitable synchronicity of the gospel accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke and…
text "Lift up your eyes Upon this day breaking for you. Give birth again to the dream." The inevitable synchronicity of the gospel accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke and…
text "One world at a time." Henry David Thoreau, the great American naturalist, poet and transcendentalist…
text "One world at a time." Henry David Thoreau, the great American naturalist, poet and transcendentalist…
text "I wait with quickened hope for crooked paths to straighten." Generations of the family gathered around the bed as I prepared to administer…
text "I wait with quickened hope for crooked paths to straighten." Generations of the family gathered around the bed as I prepared to administer…
text "Who lives on the outskirts of the kingdom?" The feast of Christ the King signals the end of Ordinary Time and the…
