Where would the world be without some ambitious people? We think of the marvelous benefits we enjoy as a result of ambitious people intrigued by the thought of trying to Read More
Partners and Community?
A number of years ago, a good friend and I spent a couple days at a Bed and Breakfast in the Amish Country in northern Indiana, not too far from Read More
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On the Ups and Downs of Squirrel Life
Squirrels have a mixed reputation. On the one hand, many regard them as “cute”, full of life, with that curious way they have of looking at you, inquisitively, wondering what Read More
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Stop! Look! Go!
On a Fall evening in 1963, I was sitting in the refectory (dining room) of the Passionist’s Novitiate in St. Paul Kansas (yes Kansas) listening to a fellow novice read Read More
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His Only Vices Were Cigarette Smoking and an Occasional Drink
We’ll call him Uncle Jeff. He was a bachelor. He was a devout Catholic the better part of his life. He was a stalwart of his parish church—a daily mass Read More
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Give Me the Internet or Give Me Death!
An open letter to my Church family In my sophomore year at the Passionist Prep in Warrenton Missouri, I won a speech contest delivering Patrick Henry’s “Call to Arms” in Read More
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The Freighter, the Great Lakes and God
Spring is usually a longed-for season of the year. It represents the verge of warmer days, though just gradually. At the same time it hints at the diminishment of snowfall, Read More
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Living in the Moment
“Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.” Coleridge “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” I’ll never Read More
