During one of my prayer times at the Alleluia School of Spiritual Direction, I asked the Lord for a stronger ‘yes’ to my own existence. I prayed and read some assigned scriptures to put myself in the right frame of…
At the corner of Meribah and Massah.
While I was at Thursday night’s Chamber of Commerce dinner, I got a call from my wife. I didn’t answer immediately because I was talking to someone else, and I consider taking phone calls in the middle of a conversation…
Let There Be Light!
I love Christmas! What’s not to love? The lights, the music, the decorations, the liturgy, the mass readings, and especially the reason for the season. The God of all creation entered into the human condition by becoming a little baby…
Lift Up Your Heads, You Gates.
Coming back from the hospital with a new baby pointed out an important fact. We’re out of space. I know it’s a total first-world problem, but having five children in a two-bedroom house is, shall we say, snug. We’re falling…
The Darkness Shall Become Like the Noonday.
Holding my newborn baby girl puts things in perspective. Her name is Veronica Rose. The name Veronica means “image of truth”. Why am I building this addition? So this little girl will have a place to live and grow and…
Like Gold Tested in Fire
When God tests me, it’s not like the tests I took in school. A school test checks to see if I learned the lessons the teacher presented. God’s tests ARE the lessons. To test gold in fire, it’s placed in…