Today is the day of salvation! Today is the day! It’s not yesterday or tomorrow. It’s today! Clearly we can be grateful for the past and hopeful for tomorrow…but today is the day… today is the day of salvation. It’s all about now. I can impact my reality and my future, now…. today. When shall … Continue reading “Today Is The Acceptable Time” →

I don’t know about you, but at times I can find myself under spiritual attack. It can take the form of temptations to self pity or envy or discouragement. I might begin by focusing on a situation that objectively is not right, not fair, poorly done … and my analysis might be correct. But then … Continue reading “Be On Guard” →

Originally Posted March 1, 2021 Temptation can be viewed as  somewhat of a “dirty word”. The implication is that if you get tempted, than there’s something wrong with you. Yet in truth, everybody gets tempted…even Jesus got tempted. The one big difference with Jesus was that he didn’t ever succumb to temptation. “ For we have not a … Continue reading “Everybody Gets Tempted” →

Originally Posted Feb. 26, 2021 One of the worst things a person can hear is, “You have cancer”. Those words can take your breath away, with your mind quickly jumping to the worse case scenario…. “ it’s  terminal and you have only a short time to live.”  Yet, a even worse scenario is that a person … Continue reading “CANCER DOES NOT HAVE THE LAST WORD” →

I was just glancing thru an article entitled, “Blogging Fatigue—8 tips to get over your blogging blues.” I think “Blogging Blues” may be too serious a title. How about “Blogging Melancholy” or “Writers Despondency” or  Jotters Depression”. ...hmmmmm, better stick with Blogging Blues. Mr. Magoo The second tip from the article was “talk about pure fun” …. try and … Continue reading “Put The Fun Back In Blogging” →

I think most of us have heard the Chinese proverb, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step", i.e.  even the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting point; something which begins with one first step. But, the problem is often taking that first step. Discouragement can prevent us from taking that first step…. … Continue reading “ … A Long Journey, Time To Begin” →

Some days I feel very excited about putting my BLOG together… perhaps I have a message that has touched me, maybe a funny story that I believe will give everyone a laugh, or something that I think is really important. “Today, I’m just not feeling it…” Maybe it’s because we’re a few days away from … Continue reading “What’s Going On Here?” →

Today is a beautiful day… a glimpse of early spring. The sun is out, not a cloud in the sky, 50 degrees ….. invigorating. The mothers have their babies out, enjoying some good conversation as they keep an eye on the little ones. I’m struck by a couple of my grandchildren…both just over one year … Continue reading “I Make All Things New” →

Ever been distracted? It’s one thing to be distracted while walking down 42nd street in NYC, but how about being distracted at Mass? Okay, I confess I have been distracted at mass… pretty frequently. I know that sometimes I can be listening intently, trying to participate and all of a sudden my mind is somewhere else… … Continue reading “Ever Been Distracted ?” →

Originally Posted Feb. 25, 2021 I was talking to my wife Judy about the future of the BLOG and she suggested I tell some “light hearted” stories about “hearing aids”. I personally thought that was a bit insensitive, since I just bought new hearing aids and my stories are not all that “light hearted”. On … Continue reading “We’re Still Bopping Around” →