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Temporary VS. Timeless

BlogJuly 7, 2022514Views 0Likes 1Comment

Have you ever thought about all those people Jesus healed during His ministry here on earth? They were so happy, grateful, and changed. In some cases (the illness of leprosy) they were now free to rejoin society, be reunited with their families, and finally, get their life back. They went on to live their lives.…

The Elect Obtained It!

BlogJuly 6, 2022418Views 0Likes 1Comment

"Don't watch them make the sausage!" Good advice if you have a bit of a squeezy stomach. Having been exposed to farm life as a boy, I can tell you what my grandmother said about raising pigs: "Honey when it comes to pigs; we use everything from the rooter to the tooter!" She told me…

Against Such There Is No Law

BlogJuly 5, 2022538Views 0Likes 0Comments

There ought to be a law! Isn't it fascinating that the first thing most people think about when there is some conflict or some disagreement or some unwanted actions in our society is that there should be some governmental control issued to make people "behave" the way they "should?" Why is "passing a law" or…

Let (TRUE) Freedom Ring (For Everyone!)

BlogJuly 4, 2022679Views 0Likes 0Comments

"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose." That's what Janice Joplin sang. But is that what freedom is? Not according to the timeless Faith. Freedom, for the wisdom of the Faith, has everything to do with actually disciplining my passions in such a way that I discover and become who I was made…

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Love – More Than A Feeling, More Than Desire

BlogJuly 1, 2022786Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Apostle Paul says that love is the "more excellent way." But we have allowed the word "love" to be dumbed down to little more than "feelings of desire." But the Faith does not allow us to reduce "love" to anything less than God Himself. St. John insists that "God is love." With that standard,…

Fatherhood and True Leadership = Service

BlogJune 30, 2022593Views 0Likes 0Comments

My friend, Bill Mariannes, recently published a post on social media that, frankly, scared me. I think I had a sense that these statistics were real, but the combination of all of them shook me up. He was writing on the crisis of fatherlessness in current society. As a man raised by a single mom…

Examining The Ground That Grows Your Choices

BlogJune 29, 2022462Views 0Likes 0Comments

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 never intended to go. I will go further and say that a regular examination of the ground that grows your choices is absolutely necessary…

Making Things Worse!

BlogJune 28, 2022347Views 0Likes 0Comments

Sometimes you just gotta cut your losses! But how do you do that, especially when emotions are involved? It seems I was at a very familiar place in my life. Being someone who loves to help and loves to be seen as a benefit in someone else's life, I was once again hitting a brick wall…

Wisdom Makes Compassion Effective

BlogJune 27, 2022507Views 0Likes 0Comments

Is compassion enough to make real change or make good decisions about how to live your life? There are so many voices in our culture today that claim to justify choices about actually changing timeless moral virtues based on their insistence that they are compassionate towards persons who have been marginalized or mistreated. They say…

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Temporary VS. Timeless

The Elect Obtained It!

Against Such There Is No Law

Let (TRUE) Freedom Ring (For Everyone!)

Please Check Out our Improved Parish Website

Love – More Than A Feeling, More Than Desire

Fatherhood and True Leadership = Service

Examining The Ground That Grows Your Choices

Making Things Worse!

Wisdom Makes Compassion Effective

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