In the morning I review my “To-Do List” and set out to wade thru it like a hot knife thru butter. “I’m going to use my well - honed “multitasking skills” to really make progress today.”  When I was younger, I do remember at times hearing “you can’t walk and chew gum at the same … Continue reading “Multitasking” →

Well, here we are…Advent has begun….it’s time to get the ball rolling. I have my plan and need a lot of grace to make it happen…. but I need some momentum. Momentum is important in all phases of life, including the spiritual life. In Physics, “momentum can be defined as "mass in motion. All objects have … Continue reading “Let’s Get The Ball Rolling” →

I’ve heard a number of challenging readings over the last few days as we move into the Advent season… “be watchful, have an urgency, be ready, don’t be sleeping when the Lord returns”. Wow, those readings touch a cord in my spirit. I want to be ready when the Lord comes again. I want to … Continue reading “Urgent In Holiness” →

Originally Posted June 10, 2020 I wonder if God sometimes kicks back, puts his feet up, and just laughs at the people he created. I’m not talking about the sin and sorrow and suffering of the human race.. which is everywhere…I’m talking about the normal “Joe Blow” who goes about his day to day business. … Continue reading “That’s Not Funny” →

Originally Posted June 9, 2020 If you’ve ever had a window seat flying into Newark airport, you will see below thousands of houses, big and small, one after another, it doesn’t seem to end…. millions of people. It makes me feel very small. I don’t care if I’m flying coach or first class or in a … Continue reading “Will We Be Lost In The Shuffle?” →

How many wonderful and beautiful songs have been composed over the years…so many categories from religious to popular, classical, folk .... famous composers like Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Handel, Gershwin, …. wonderful movie composers like John Williams (Star Wars), Ennio Morricone (Mission), James Horner (Braveheart). Then there are composers known to only a few… perhaps a … Continue reading “Gobble, Gobble, Gobble….” →

Whenever I’m in the middle of a big project, I tend to look to the time when it will be completed… then I can relax … I won’t have the pressure and anxiety  that can come with making something happen.  I still remember being in the middle of final exams in college…. usually it was a … Continue reading “Have Joy In The Midst of Trials” →

Wow, we’re in the last week of the year. I always like the readings for the ending of the church year… our sights set on finishing the race…being ready…. the Lord is coming… the great feast of Christ The King.  Be Careful Of The "ROAD" There was a beautiful reading from St. Columban today, an … Continue reading “Let’s Not Love The Road…” →

This was a very nice Sunday.. up a little later, fresh coffee and some prayer and then off to Mass. Coming home we had our normal Sunday brunch of poached eggs, bacon, fruit…a little more coffee. I love Sunday brunch. We then took a nice walk, bundled up against the windy day. Arriving home I … Continue reading “Time To Take A Little Break” →