Spring Training for baseball has begun! The great baseball manager Leo Durocher was once asked who was the all-time favorite player he had coached.  Lots of people were shocked when…

The story is told of a Franciscan monk in Australia who was assigned to be the guide and "gofer" to Mother Teresa when she visited New South Wales.  Thrilled and…

Since Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, we may have been wrestling with what to "give up"or what to "take on" during this season of penitence. Whatever we decide to do or…

Have you ever gone to a restaurant, hung up your coat, and noticed a sign warning that the management is not responsible if it gets lost or stolen? Ever read…

Lord, I've never moved a mountain and I guess I never will. All the faith that I could muster wouldn't move a small ant hill. Yet I'll tell you, Lord,…

A man fell into a pit and couldn't get himself out.  A subjective person came along and said, "I feel for you down there." An objective person came along and said, "It's…

Lent is a time that is set aside to grow spiritually. I invite you to spend a few minutes during your week contemplating the following Six Steps that will bring…

Young Danny was praying at his mother’s knee. “If I should die before I wake … If I should die.…” “Go on, go on, Danny,” said his mother. “You know the rest of…

We live in an age of immediacy -- instant foods, instant winners with our lottery mentality, instant information in the computer world, instant gratification in the drug culture.  There is…

Kathleen Norris wrote a wonderful book called, Dakota. It is a book of meditation and devotion.  In another writing she talked about her spiritual pilgrimage. She said she was raised in…