Our Real Heroes
Some of you Old-Time football fans will remember Bo Schembechler, the legendary head coach of the Michigan Wolverines from 1969 to 1989. He passed away in 2006 at the age…
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Your Healthy Conscience
We think that airport security scanners are new but the idea is very old. Centuries ago, one of the palaces of Chang-an, the ancient capital of what is now known…
Wise Words of Pope Francis
On February 1, 2021 Pope Francis met with members of the Catholic News Service of Rome since CRS was celebrating its 100th Anniversary. Pope Francis said that unless there is…
Our Collective Conscience
What is culture? It is the ways of thinking, living, and behaving that define a people and underlie its achievements. It is a nation's collective mind, its sense of right…
“I’m Just Miserable!”
The following list must be carefully followed if you wish to be miserable: Think about yourself and what you are going through. Talk mostly about yourself when having a conversation with…
The Hard Truth
One afternoon a man came home from work to find total mayhem in his house. His three children were outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty…
Doing the Greater Good
When I was first ordained there was a divorced woman in the parish named Gretchen. She had just gotten remarried in court without a Church annulment. But she continued to…
Act With Integrity
Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of England in 1940. He was a tireless, unflinching leader who oversaw British involvement in the Allied war effort against Hitler and the Axis powers.…
Ceasing To Be Good
A couple of winters ago a poorly paid waiter in a major city found a briefcase containing cash and negotiables in a parking lot. No owner was in sight. No…
The Meaning of Your Life
A friend came to Rabbi Harold Kushner, the noted author of “When Bad Things Happen to Good People,” and said to him: "Two weeks ago, for the first time in my…
