I was meeting with a dear priest friend the other day. We were talking about how many of our friends have passed away. He showed me a picture of his ordination class where the great majority have died. It seems that every day we hear of another person from our generation dying. Gee, did you … Continue reading “Where Is Your Sting” →

Often when we go out for dinner, I’m the last one to order. I look at the menu and see many things that look good, I glance over at Judy who has already made up her mind… the beet salad with salmon. I’ve now narrowed my selections down to 10-12 items. The other members of our … Continue reading What’s The Worst That Can Happen →

Do we need to thank people for just doing what’s expected ? Certainly there’s common courtesy …. someone pumps your gas, someone hands you a bulletin at the end of Mass, someone let’s you go ahead in traffic….”hey thanks”.  If you’re at work, you expect people to do their job… they’re suppose to do their … Continue reading “Say Thank You” →

It’s been a bit since I published my last BLOG. I have started several but decided not to finish them…they just didn’t seem to hit the mark. Yet I decided to publish a brief one today as I read the familiar gospel passage from Matthew 13.  Jesus said to his disciples: “The Kingdom of heaven is like … Continue reading “Time To Sell What’s Left” →

Sgt. Joe Friday, the detective in the famous Dragnet T.V. series of the 1950’s, had a famous line….  “just stick to the facts”. He wasn’t interested in opinions or theories, just the facts. Joe Friday would have liked the  gospel writer Mark. “So Mark, what happened to that woman in Chapter 5 of your book… just give me … Continue reading “The Cost Of Standing for The Truth”  →

Have you ever been really thirsty… I mean really thirsty. Have you ever been so dry that your tongue cleaved to the roof of your mouth? I’m not sure I  have ever been that thirsty…but I’ve been pretty thirsty at times.  One time I was in the New Mexico desert during basic training in the army. … Continue reading Athirst is my soul for the living God. →

I guess it’s part of being human, but I often find myself trying to put God in a box…completely figuring him out. ”Gee, I know God and I understand him pretty well.” Well the short response to that proposal is “NO YOU DON”T”. Dave, no one has figured out God. While he has revealed much … Continue reading “NO YOU DON’T” →

America the Beautiful (Words by Katharine Lee Bates, Melody by Samuel Ward)  O beautiful for spacious skies,For amber waves of grain,For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America!God shed his grace on theeAnd crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!  O beautiful for pilgrim feet Whose stern impassioned stress A thoroughfare of … Continue reading God Bless America →

Recently I’ve been reflecting on some random moments from my past. They aren’t especially monumental moments, but they have consistently come to mind over the years…maybe they have more importance then I think.   There was the time a few of my friends and I ran around the football field behind our house …. 15 times. … Continue reading Winter of 1956 →

I believe it was the summer of 1956. My father had died in April and we had returned to Dexter. Things were very different without my father… everyone was a bit sad. I remember riding my bike around my lawn, wondering and thinking about my dad and at times breaking into tears.   One afternoon I … Continue reading “I’m Sorry About Your Dad” →