It’s Ash Wednesday. A day in which more than a billion people have the opportunity to receive Ashes on their forehead in a reminder that yes, they too are going to die one day. A reminder of the verse from Genesis 3:19: “By the sweat of your browContinue Reading
Many years ago I decided I was going to learn to bake bread. I had fond memories of watching my mother bake fresh yeast rolls and beautiful tiered wedding cakes. It always seemed so easy to transform the basic ingredients into the yeasty goodness that I adored. A quick searchContinue Reading
I remember as a young child one of our dogs had gotten bitten by a snake. It had this wound on it’s side where the flesh had ripped that just would not heal. For weeks that wound had to be cleaned out and taken care of. What IContinue Reading
It is tempting isn’t it? To withdraw and remain inside. With all the interactions we have in this world of instant communication, sometimes I just want to give up that part. It would be very easy to get rid of the smart phone, to even exist without a phone atContinue Reading
As I read the Facebook walls of many of my friends, I am inundated with news commentary and articles expressing praise or disdain for the current administration. I feel like Switch in the Matrix movies when the antagonist begins pulling out their ‘plugs.’ In that terrifying scene theContinue Reading
The day after the feast of Saint Paul, we celebrate two of his closest co-workers and friends, Timothy and Titus. Two young men torn between two worlds. One was a man of a mixed marriage, Jewish and Greek. The other a Greek as well. They were bombardedContinue Reading
Yesterday was a difficult day for most. As we stood outside in the cold tolling the bell and praying a divine mercy chaplet for our country and the unborn, it’s somber notes echoed through my soul. The news was inundated with images of women saying, wearing and doing some veryContinue Reading