The Waves That Always Come
One day when I was sitting down at the beach, I was watching two children, a little boy and a little girl playing in the sand. They were hard at…
One day when I was sitting down at the beach, I was watching two children, a little boy and a little girl playing in the sand. They were hard at…
Long before God created our world and the billions of people who would live on earth, God was planning the salvation for every person. While we were only an idea…
A day before Christmas a father got very upset when he saw his 3-year old daughter wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight that Christmas and he became…
A young woman went off to college and left her plants and her goldfish in the care of her mother. Her Mom had the tendency to be forgetful and she…
In today’s Gospel (John 10:1-10) Jesus presents himself as the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd calls his own sheep by name. He leads them. This shows us that Jesus knows…
Several years ago I visited the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. I really enjoyed gazing at some of the luminous paintings of the great artist Renoir. They are…
Did you know that Thomas the Apostle was a twin? Today’s Gospel (John 20:19-31) goes out of its way to point this out. Who is Thomas’ twin? You and I…
One day a teacher asked her First Grade class what was the meaning of Easter. One little girl raised her hand and responded: “Easter is the day when Jesus rose from…
A Piece of palm and a Passion story. That is what makes today different from all the other Sundays of the year. Each is important in itself. But neither can…
One day a patient asked Dr. Karl Menninger, the noted American psychiatrist, what he should do if he felt a nervous breakdown coming on. He expected the famous psychiatrist to…