Time seems to move at a much faster rate these days than in my youth. I can remember as a young man wishing the school year would go by faster so that we could get to summer. Or ticking off the days till Christmas, vacation, or some other eventContinue Reading
Today at Mass we heard one of my favorite stories. Saint Paul and Silas who have been traveling around witnessing to the Gospel of Jesus Christ have now arrived in Athens. As they journeyed around the city they have seen so many amazing sites. I can only imagineContinue Reading
I used to love watching shows like Matlock and Law and Order. There was something so fascinating about the legal process in our country. The most beautiful part of our system is everyone is entitled to representation, even if they cannot afford it. In many other countriesContinue Reading
The past few weeks we have followed the early Church as it grew from a community in Jerusalem into one which extended to the limits of the known world. We have watched as Paul and Barnabas were successful in some places, and yet in others, they were beaten and leftContinue Reading
A few years ago my daughters were having some trouble with one of the other children at the bus stop. I don’t remember the details. What I do remember is at one point I made them write an apology out and take it to her in front of her parents.Continue Reading
I was reading a recent article in which Val Kilmer talks about his faith. He is a Christian Scientist. In that article, he does an interesting and somewhat disturbing comparison. He compares picketing and shouting at a planned parenthood entrance to an extremist blowing up someone in the name ofContinue Reading
Years ago a man named Daryl asked me to dig a ditch for him. He was going to pay me five dollars or something like that. It was a simple task. There was a water line to be buried and he wanted it to cross the roadContinue Reading