Writings for the Journey

“Give us THIS DAY our daily bread.” We pray Jesus’ prayer in the “Our Father.” Most of the time we find ourselves preoccupied with what has happened or what is going to happen. What about this day? What about this moment? It is here and now that God wants to meet us....

Jesus put in his road map for his followers almost the direct opposite what our society holds up as goals to be achieved. It wants us to strive for success and be winners, a future which comes with many possessions, consumption of pleasures, and power over others....

Jesus put in his road map for his followers almost the direct opposite what our society holds up as goals to be achieved. It wants us to strive for success and be winners, a future which comes with many possessions, consumption of pleasures, and power over others....

While religious men and women take a vow of obedience, every Christian needs to make following God’s will an important part of their spiritual growth. It is our prayer life that enables us to focus of the will of God. “Thy will be done according to thy word.” When we...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

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...