text "Gotta Serve Somebody" When the album entitled “Slow Train Coming” was launched in 1979, one song…
text “Don’t you just love Jesus?” As I held the door open for a woman carrying a florescent yellow umbrella, I…
text “I am not here to defend the indefensible.” One of Pope Francis’ top advisors, Australian Cardinal George Pell, publicly…
text Lent: An invitation to perfection. Among the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John we find the repeated…
text “Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.” Will Michael Cohen or Paul Manafort’s “mea culpas” be enough? In everyday…
text “I generally avoid temptation, unless I can’t resist it.” Lent has begun once again, so can temptation be far behind? The season…
text “Is the glass half empty, half full or is the glass twice its normal size?” What to do while you are waiting to order your cappuccino? Just read the…
text “Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them more.” Caddying at local private golf clubs was a way of life for many of my friends…
text “Developing an attitude of beatitude.” Standing in the express line (15 items or less) at one of the local super…
text “To know Jesus means spending the rest of your life wondering what hit you.” There is nothing very ordinary about the readings from the Fifth Sunday in…
text “We can go home again.” Arriving back home in Minneapolis during a blizzard, I seriously wondered…
text “What does it mean to be a friend of God?” The opening lines of today’s gospel (Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21) catapult the reader…
text “Did Jesus have a drinking problem?” Given the unusual circumstances at the Wedding Feast of Cana, Jesus performed…
text “Who witnessed your baptism?” Before you start scrambling for a copy of your baptismal certificate, have…
text Coming full circle to Bethlehem The traditional account of the Magi and their incredible journey to find “The…
text “Rediscovering the fun in dysfunctional.” Today we celebrate the Feast of The Holy Family, a celebration that normally…
text “Together we can do something wonderful.” One of Mother Teresa’s favorite statements summarized her view of ministry…
text “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.” Traditionally, the Third Sunday of Advent is known as “Rejoice Sunday.” The…
text “At what time would you like your wake-up call?” The phone rang almost immediately when I entered my hotel room. Assuming the…
text “The truth must dazzle gradually or every person be blind.” In her poem entitled “Tell all the truth, but tell it slant”, Emily Dickinson…
text “Gotta Serve Somebody” When the album entitled “Slow Train Coming” was launched in 1979, one song…
text “In case of the Rapture, this car will be abandoned.” Due to the snow storm, the trip back from Des Moines to Dubuque would take an…
text “It’s good to be blessed, but it’s better to be a blessing.” Putting the finishing touches on the flower pots in front of church, I was…
text “Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go.” Listening to Nora Jones sing the song “Love Me Tender” triggered a memory of…
text “Be careful what you ask for.” Believing in miracles is risky business, especially if there is no physical…
