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…
As much as we might hate it, conflict isn't bad. It's just not pleasant. But if the highest "good" in our lives is to avoid unpleasantness, then we are headed…
Telly Savalas was one of my favorite actors as a kid. I loved his "Who loves ya, baby" catchphrase when he played detective Kojak on his TV show!
Wait, you don't…
Sin is boring! It really is.
Because of my ordination and the blessing of the bishop, I am blessed to hear confessions from the faithful. Hearing confessions, I confess, is one…
Antone Lavey, the founder of the Church of Satan in California, once described Satanism as "indulgence instead of abstinence." A fitting description of the slavery of indulging one's desires with…
"We have an eye witness." Well, that got his attention. You see I was helping with an investigation with a recent spate of home burglaries in the area and we…
Here’s a long quote from C.S. Lewis’ book “The Weight of Glory”
“It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest…
After having lived through this pandemic that scared us all, the old wisdom of "wash your hands" took on a new urgency. Of course, modern medicine was completely transformed when…
“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 are…