Do you know what kindles the anger of God? Knowing this answer is an invitation to allow the Faith to become more than just a hobby or behavioral modification program. But to be so transformed by God's forgiveness to forgive others.
Ever wonder how words lose their meaning? I have. I think of how society redefines things to suit their current thinking. But this isn't a new phenomenon at all. We, humans, do this all the time. In fact, a famous president of the United States defended himself from serious charges by reminding his questioners "It…
You remember when you were a kid and Christmas seemed to take forever. My mom used to use that old tried and true way to get me and my brother to behave through the year: “Boys, Santa is watching and Christmas is just (fill in the blank) away!” Well, the older I got the shorter that line…
Standing in line at the supermarket is such an education. As I’m placing my grocery items on the conveyor belt and watching them slide toward the cashier, I glance toward the ubiquitous magazines there in the check-out line and read headlines screaming at me that Big Foot has been seen again, the latest Hollywood starlet…
This one flaw in our lives keeps us from setting proper priorities and having healthy relationships. That's why the Faith has as its central focus the medicine that heals a human from this fatal flaw. Are you willing to learn how to confront this flaw and allow the Holy Spirit to heal you and change…
What's the difference between Inspiration and Motivation? Well, Inspiration usually comes from the outside. I'm inspired by that act of charity, or that life well lived. Motivations, however, are usually internal; that set of desires and drives that either keep me on track or send my life down a dead end. My best friend used…
On this Feast of the Transfiguration, we are directed to see Jesus as Who He really is SO THAT we will finally come to understand who we are meant to be. The steady and purposeful discipline of learning how to pay attention builds your ability to "see the Light."
Today is a major feast day for our Church. Today marks the annual contemplation of an event so monumental that it reveals the nature of what it means to be a human being. Today's feast invites you and me to know our true purpose, and the comfort of true meaning in the face of the…
It's easy to do! And that should be your first clue that something is very deeply wrong with you! Yes, you. Actually, I mean me!
I'm talking about the ease at which we will say we believe and then live as if that statement isn't true at all! It's easy to do; just get cut off…
As a dad, I hate hearing this from my children "But you promised." It is both frustrating and, sometimes, embarrassing because I had, in fact, promised and hadn't followed through!
As with most realities in life, it's complicated. Yes, there are times I've said "I promise" and was just saying it to get the kids happy…