How does faith work? Why do some believe and some don’t? Is there such a thing as a “leap of faith”? There are many good questions about faith.  Missouri is nicknamed “the Show-Me State”…. people don’t just believe, you need to show me. Well, the scripture, the saints, and the Catechism says that there’s an … Continue reading Leap of Faith →

I had dozed off and was half asleep and half awake. I had this dream of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine having a discussion about a particularly difficult theological situation…. "Tom, this is really a tough one. I agree Augie. I know we both have a lot of wisdom, but I don’t know about … Continue reading Delusions of Grandeur ??? →

ESPN has a new series on Michael Jordon and the Chicago Bulls focusing on  their glory years…6 NBA Championships called “The Last Dance”. It focuses on the drama behind the scenes….things that you may find interesting and things you’d really prefer never to know about. Well if ESPN can do it on Michael Jordon, I … Continue reading Pulling Back The Curtain →

My mother used to say “boy, your father was a “worrier; he really knew how to worry”.  I guess that’s where I inherited my tendency to worry. Ask Judy if I’m a worrier and she won’t say a word, but her “eyebrows” will go up…. Hmmm. Worry is a good barometer of how peaceful I … Continue reading What, Me Worry? →

Memory is the faculty of the brain by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed.  Sounds simple enough. Yet at times it seems a bit more complex, more selective, more random. I’ve lived away from my family in St. Louis for almost 50 years; yet, whenever we’re together for more than 15 … Continue reading Not the Scrambled Eggs Again →

There’s a song called  “Even If”, by the group MERCY ME, that captures a truth about how God answers prayer sometimes yes and sometimes no. “I know You're able and I know You canSave through the fire with Your mighty handBut even if You don'tMy hope is You alone” It has to do with trust. … Continue reading Do I Need a New Car? →

Perspective is “having a sense of proportion, knowing the relative importance of things”. It helps you navigate through problems and life, especially in making decisions, in knowing what’s important and what’s not. It helps you know when to “go back to the drawing board and when to pull the plug”. On April 11, 1970 Apollo … Continue reading “Houston, we have a problem” →

Yesterday was the 64th anniversary of my father’s death. He died on April 21, 1956. Born in 1904, he would be 116 years old this year….”getting up there”. I wonder if people will remember me in 2062, when I’m 116 years old ? Will they remember that poem I wrote in 2nd grade or the … Continue reading Will Anyone Remember Me? →

I saw an article recently that probed whether people want to know the future. “For nearly every question, the majority of participants said they wouldn't want to know the answer. The issues ranged from serious to mundane and included when they or their partner would die, what they would die of, whether they would get … Continue reading Knowing the Future →

Recently I found myself using one of Yogi Berra’s “Yogi-isms” when talking to some of my elderly friends. I told them…. "I’m not coming to your funeral, unless you come to mine.” Being a longtime St. Louis Cardinal fan, I usually don’t make a list of other team’s great players. But if I did, I … Continue reading It Ain’t Over, Til It’s Over →