Are you afraid of the dark? I know I was when I was a kid. My little kid mind would be imagining all of the monsters hiding in my dark room. The clothes in my closet sometimes looked like a monster staring at me. Every noise that I heard in the dark of night sounded […]
Last week, I talked about the joy of the desert. Now let’s look at the joy of the mountain. I’ve been to the top of several mountains before. I even climbed the wrong mountain one time, but that is another story. Climbing, hiking, or even driving up a mountain can be a long process. The […]
Why did the Catholic cross the desert? To get to the other side. Welcome to the wonderful season of Lent! I know, it sometimes feels like the last season of Lent never ended and we are still in last years desert. However, Lent is a great opportunity for personal growth and growth towards God. During […]
Don’t put that in your mouth! Don’t eat that off the floor! Wash your hands! Those statements are too familiar for anyone with kids. As I write this, I am riding on a light rail train that has the scent of urine in the air. After a long day, it will be nice to take […]
Life is filled with many questions and probably the greatest question of all is, “What’s the meaning of life?” We all long to find some purpose to our existence. Well, my answer to that question is that the meaning of life is to know and love God and to love your neighbor as yourself. Why […]
Every day we have an interior struggle of good vs evil. We can be inspired to do good and tempted to do bad. The gift that we are given by God is free will and we get the final say as to what force we let in, good or evil. The one caveat is that […]
“Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” This opening line from the soap opera, Days of Our Lives has a lot of truth in it. Everyone has a finite amount of sand in our own hourglass and every day we grow closer to running out of time. Throughout our life, […]
