Sep 3, 2025 | Writings for the Journey
As humans we need the experience of being touched. If an infant is not touched and held, its growth will be stifled. Jesus used to touch a person as part of the healing process. He cured the blind man with touch, only gradually restoring his sight by touch. In the age...
Aug 28, 2025 | Writings for the Journey
“Sing God a simple song. Lauda, laude. Make it up as you go along. Lauda, laude. God loves all simple things.” (Lenard Bernstein’s “Mass”) Sometimes our minds are filled with clutter. It could revolve around things we want, useless knowledge we receive from the...
Aug 21, 2025 | Writings for the Journey
When we look at the men Jesus chose to be his apostles, we discover men with definite flaws. Some were ambitious, impetuous, had sordid pasts, unable to grasp Jesus’ mission. Yet Jesus loved them and was willing to entrust with them his efforts to bring about the...
Aug 13, 2025 | Writings for the Journey
Life can go by fast as we settle into our daily routine. One day flows into another without our noticing the passing of time. Then there are the few times when light bursts forth in life when we can begin to see with new eyes. Things are not the same when things like...
Aug 7, 2025 | Writings for the Journey
When we consider our spiritual life, we are quite serious. We are thankful how God is leading us in very important ways. This is true, but sometimes we need to take a break. We are human, and there needs to be a time when we put “important” things aside and occupy...
Jul 31, 2025 | Writings for the Journey
What will heaven be like? Our society does not really deal with death well. How many commercials do we see or hear every day that are geared to promoting ways of having us look and feel young? The fact is that our life span is relatively short. Our earthly life will...
