Just a few days ago one of the most thrilling auto races ever to take place, occurred at the Daytona 500, where two racing cars crossed the finish line almost Read More
Ready to Start a Movement?
A young school psychologist for the school where I worked once defined a leader as a person who takes people where they want to go. That description has always fascinated me. Read More
Birds, 18 Wheelers and Christians
Birds of a feather flock together. Have you ever noticed certain birds of a feather—often small ones like sparrows or wrens—perched together on a telephone wire on a cold wintry Read More
Lent Through the Eyes of Teens
“Memento mori!” (remember you must die) the priest said as he placed ashes on my forehead this Ash Wednesday. Forty days from now on Easter Sunday, he will proclaim the Read More
Proving the Point—What Point?
Certainly some of us have gotten involved in interlocking relationships involving the same people over a considerable period of time—relationships that seem to be going nowhere, at least going nowhere Read More
Never Say Die!
Everyday I hear about someone or something being abandoned, dogs, cats, churches, refugees, yes, and even children. Is there any worse feeling than that of being abandoned? I don’t think Read More
The Passionists in Rome
The Passionists have a monastery in Rome named SS. John and Paul. It sits on the Celian Hill, one of the seven hills on which the ancients built the city Read More
Risk It! Tell Your Story
For myself, I don’t believe I’ve learned any more important skill in my 70 plus years than that of being able to tell my story, a story that is filled with Read More