“I’m offended!” It seems that is a common complaint in our day. When did we become such a generation of “fragile little snowflakes” that the slightest challenge sends us into fits…
He looked at me right in the face and said the words I will never forget: “When you’re ready to ‘sell all you have’ to have this faith, then, and…
I looked out at the congregation and said: “If Kmart had a Blue Light special like this, they’d sell out in a minute.” Of course, you don’t know what a…
My grandfather was an amazing storyteller. He was always a larger than life figure in my eyes as a boy and still is even as a grown man. He had…
It's just not my strength. Gardening, for me, usually ends in disaster! But not for my grandmother. When I was a boy I remember me and my brothers and cousins…
I have a habit of calling what many call “The Old Testament” the “First Testament.” And I do that because too many in the Church treat the books in the…
We were talking in Bible study recently about “First Principles.” It seems this is something we so rarely consider, but if we miss fundamental truths, we always end up in places we…
The old saying is "blood is thicker than water" and it seems that every culture has some form of this saying to reinforce the idea that family comes first!
One of…
Our ladies group at our parish put together a recipe book as a fundraiser for their many ministries. So, one of the leaders approached me and asked "Father, would you…
The preacher was telling the story of the plight of those in biblical times who suffered from leprosy. They were social outcasts and had to live in leper colonies and…