I’ve sometimes thought that you can look at your life like a book with many chapters…. perhaps divided by age, maybe by the good times and the bad times, by successes and failures…. a book still being written. Yet, what about the title…. what will the title be? I have had the privilege of knowing … Continue reading  “A Good Guy” →

This BLOG was originally posted on Nov. 6, 2021. It was after the recent deaths of our wonderful friend Dick Birmingham. Since that time we have added more good friends to the list… Paul Temple, Lou Cirrotti, my brother Neal Touhill (“Brown”), my brother-in-laws Bob Kretchmer and Ray Rettig, and others. It’s not to focus … Continue reading “Go Forth, Christian Soul” →

This BLOG was originally posted on Nov. 8, 2021. It was after the recent deaths of some good friends. Since that time we have added more good friends to the list... Paul Temple, Lou Cirrotti, my brother Neal Touhill ("Brown"), my brother-in-laws Bob Kretchmer and Ray Rettig, and others. It's not to focus on death, … Continue reading “Heaven Is Watching” →

Originally Posted Nov. 4, 2021 We all want to be special. We all want to experience being respected and valued and loved. It’s great when you walk into a room and someone comes over to greet you… “hey Dave, glad to see you…how are you doing…can I get you something…”.  Years ago, my mother said  that … Continue reading “ The Apple Of My Eye ” →

When praying I too often look to move past the praise and worship of God into presenting my “to-do list” to God. “Lord, I know you are great and worthy of praise, but you have to realize that I have a lot of problems and need a lot of help.”  Hey, it makes some sense, after … Continue reading First Things First →

Well we’re off for a few days vacation in St. Louis…my former home. We hope to see a couple of Cardinal ball games at the famous Busch Stadium, and even a hockey game with the recent Stanley Cup Champions, St. Louis Blues; I do note that they didn’t make the playoffs this year…..hmmmm, but seats … Continue reading “Meeting In St. Louie…” →

The Lord's descent into hell"What is happening? Today there is a great silence over the earth, a great silence, and stillness, a great silence because the King sleeps; the earth was in terror and was still, because God slept in the flesh and raised up those who were sleeping from the ages. God has died … Continue reading Homily For Holy Saturday →

We’re moving into the heart of Holy Week…. Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the pause of Holy Saturday, and then  the greatest day in history, Easter Sunday.  I pray that all of us, by the grace of God, will sit at the Lord’s feet and allow him to take care of us. We really don’t have to … Continue reading Help Us Lord →

There were not many heroes during Holy Week… a lot of cowards and thieves and betrayers, but not many “Medal of Honor” winners. Sometimes I tend to divide the participants into the holy faithful saintly ones on one side (e.g. Mary) and the bums and cowards on the other side (e.g. Judas). I of course, … Continue reading “Only One Hero… and It’s Not Me” →