I love the scene in "A Few Good Men" when Jack Nicholson's character looks at the military lawyer questioning his leadership of his troops in Guantanamo. It's at a pivotal…
"Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders?" You can almost hear the sneer in this question to Jesus in the passage for today! And, frankly, it's a…
I know it is a bit "old fashioned" and it may be hard for those of this generation to understand, but the timeless message of the Faith is that we…
I can't tell you how many times I've had to "eat crow" over some idea I had or position I held that turned out to be, oh not necessarily "wrong"…
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…
OK, let me confess something; I am not very talented when it comes to growing things. In fact, every time I've tried to plant and tend a garden, it has…
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…
My daughters and I have this little game we play. I ask them "How much do you love me?" And they, giggling and smiling, try to stretch their little arms…
You know the old saying "God works in mysterious ways." Well, that may be true, but that doesn't make my confusion over why things happen in my life any better!…
The young man bristled under his father's rules and regulations. He hated knowing that, while he was under age and under his dad's roof, he had to buckle down and…