God’s Five Aces!
In her wonderful collection of poetry called, The Awful Rowing Toward God, Anne Sexton examines her life like someone in a canoe rowing against the stream of life, encountering hazards along the…
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“It’s Not Right!
Imagine that you have been working hard for a company for 30 years. You started with a reasonable pay, but now as you’ve done well, you have gained a great…
Our God Is Not Fair!
Today Jesus tells us a story (Matthew 20:1-16) that most of us do not like very much. The owner of a vineyard hires workers in the early morning, then later…
Children Are Teaching Us!
Most adults recognize it is their “job” to teach children right from wrong, good from bad, safe from scary, yes from no. But there are some lessons that children are better at…
Spite Houses!
There once was a millionaire who owned a lot in an exclusive residential area of New York City. This particular lot presented a very unusual problem. The lot was five…
Forgiveness on a Stone!
Two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who…
What God Can Do!
By the grace of God we can use forgiveness as a positive, creative force bringing light into a darkened world. Nobody does that kind of thing better, of course, than…
Be Yourself!!
A sparrow complained to Mother Nature, "You gave beautiful colors to the peacock and a lovely song to the nightingale, but I am plain and unnoticed. Why was I made to…
“Poetic Justice!”
“Poetic justice!” we say, when we feel a certain “punishment” exactly meets the “crime.” A bad guy in a movie ends up falling into the trap he set for someone else. A thief ends up…
Jesus Always Forgives!
In today’s Gospel (Matt: 18:21-35) when Jesus is asked about how many times we are to forgive someone, he says: “I say to you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.” To most…
