Originally Posted April 15, 2020 Trial lawyers have an old saying: “You never ask a question on cross examination to which you do not know the answer.” Perry Mason certainly followed that mandate in the TV series that was broadcast from 1957-1966. Perry never lost a case. I actually felt bad for the district attorney, Hamilton Burger, … Continue reading “Questions Are Powerful” →

Originally Posted April 14, 2020 This past summer we were at the beach celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary with all of our family… 10 kids, spouses, and 38 grandchildren…. 59 total. It was a wonderful week. One day I was up early enough to see the sun rise. It was a beautiful and magnificent dawn. I love … Continue reading The Dawn From On High →

Originally Posted April 13, 2020 There was a popular TV sitcom back in the late  ‘80’s called “Cheers” It was about the lives of some characters who frequented a bar in Boston. Every week the show began with a catchy theme song with the refrain  “Sometimes you want to go… where everybody knows your name…”.  That little … Continue reading Someone Knows My Name →

Originally Posted April 18, 2022 Halleluiah !!! Christ is risen from the dead !!! We need to take time to celebrate and not rush to get back to “life as usual”. Easter is too much to limit to a one day celebration, so the church gives us the octave of Easter….8 days of Easter Sundays … Continue reading “A Week Of Easter Sundays” →

Originally Posted April 12, 2020 Have you ever been really surprised, I mean really shocked…in a pleasant way? Remember when Eli Manning hit David Tyree with that impossible pass in the final two minutes of Superbowl XLII…. against the Patriots.  I jumped so high, I almost hit my head on the ceiling. We were screaming with … Continue reading Easter Sunday- What A Surprise! →

Originally Posted April 9, 2020 I recently saw that Mel Gibson is making a sequel to the Passion of the Christ movie, titled “The Resurrection”. In an interview Gibson mentioned the movie will explore, among many things, like “when Jesus descended into hell”. I’ve often pondered what that was like…the time between Jesus’s death on … Continue reading Holy Saturday- A Lot Going On →

Good Friday… a day of the greatest sorrow and disappointment,  and  a day of greatness and magnificence and victory. Thank you Jesus for giving your very life to save us from our sins. May we respond with our whole life in return.

Originally Posted April 9, 2020 Holy Thursday is great! There is almost too much to fit into a single day. When all the kids were home, at around 5:00pm we would begin with the seder meal, (unleavened bread, haroseth, lamb, bitter herbs, wine)  symbolizing the Jews’ exodus from Egypt. The youngest child would always ask, … Continue reading “Holy Thursday – What A Day” →

Originally Posted April 7, 2023 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 just pray that all of us, by the grace of God, will sit at the Lord’s feet and allow him to take care of … Continue reading Holy Week—Help Us Lord →

Originally Posted April 5, 2023 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 … Continue reading “Only One Hero… and It’s Not Me” →