Boy, he’s really on his game! When someone is on their game, they’re playing their best…. every shot seem to go in, every pass is perfect, …. wow, great game. When you see highlight reels of great players, all the greatest plays patched together… they seem incredible. But highlight reels are not the full story. You … Continue reading “Our Highlight Reel” →

I still recall the trauma of my second semester Organic Chemistry class back at St. Louis U. My teacher was somewhat unusual…a bit like the “mad scientist”. He tended to think he was teaching a group of Nobel Science candidates, taking our exam questions from the Organic Chemistry Journal. (the only thing I understood from … Continue reading “ B+ ” →

Hardness, “the resistance to deformation”, is an interesting phenomena. We know that diamonds are very hard; you can scratch glass with a diamond. On the Mohs Hardness scale, a diamond is a 10 (very hard) and talc is a 1 (very soft).  Shall I go on ? Well, often things get harder over time. For example, “concrete” hardens and … Continue reading “Beware of a Hardened Heart” →

Originally Posted Feb. 9, 2021 Growing up I often heard the phrase…. ” Boy, she’s one tough cookie”. This meant a no-nonsense person…one you didn’t trifle with…. no “funny business” with this person. While I believe it originally was applied to women, it could be a man too…..although I don’t remember John Wayne being called a “tough … Continue reading “One Tough Cookie” →

Originally Posted Feb. 8, 2021 “Make it go away mommy”. You may remember the time when you cried this out after something bad happened to you as a child… maybe a scraped knee or something worse. I heard a story the other day of a child at a Children’s Hospital who was suffering terribly due … Continue reading “Make It Go Away” →

Timing is such an important element in life…. whether in the stock market, your career, family decisions, love and war, prayer, etc.  As they say, "the right answer at the wrong time is the wrong answer, or  better three hours too soon than a minute too late...."  God always has perfect timing. ”When the fullness of time had come, … Continue reading “Timing Is Everything In Life & In Golf.” (Arnold Palmer) →

Judy has often told the story of her dad taking the family out to eat at  a local cafeteria. The kids would fill their plates with all kinds of foods and goodies, while her dad would not get anything…just an empty plate. He would then  eat all the food that the kids didn’t eat…finishing their meal. Their … Continue reading “Eyes Bigger Than My Appetite” →

This BLOG was Originally Posted Feb. 5, 2021, a little over a year ago, when stress seemed pretty high. Yet today with the terrible war in the Ukraine and its effect on the entire world, stress seems even greater. Nevertheless, the truth is still the same...we need to rely on the Lord in our times … Continue reading “Stress Can Be Good” →

“The old onion is at it again”. Just when I thought I could take a little break from being convicted of my faults and sin, something else pops up. God is peeling back another layer of the onion. I know it’s good news, but it can be a bit exasperating….. "Save Me Lord" Bishop Barron … Continue reading “God Is Not My Attendant” →

I think it’s likely that the great leaders of the Church for the next decades are sitting out in the marketplace, out in the government, out in some obscure family, perhaps in some classroom, or maybe even in some jail. They may not be aware of Christ or certainly haven’t given their heart to him. … Continue reading “ The Next St. Paul ? ” →