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Going In Circles?
Do you ever feel like you are going around in circles, going nowhere? You can see the end point marching to the goals set out before you and still fail to see the progress. When these feelings set in we need to remember the lessons of the labyrinth. Life is like...
Do Your Prayers Need Words?
Every afternoon an elderly gentleman made his way into the parish church, taking a seat in the last pew. Sitting all alone in the back of the silent empty basilica the expressionless man stared straight ahead. After a half hour the attendee would quietly leave, saying...
Has God Ever Nixed Your Plans?
While we are still in the throngs of setting goals and making resolutions, let’s not get forget Plan B. Remember what Robert Burns wrote: “The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray.” Even with the best intention, organization, and design things often don’t...
What Turns You On?
Heading into this New Year, it’s traditionally a time set aside for reflection. We take a brief look at our lives and assess our goals for this lifetime. People are pondering and planning what their goals are and what do they want. The thinking and “resolutions” that...
Christmas Is Over, Now What?
We’ve all expended a lot of time, money and energy over the past weeks preparing, enjoying and recuperating from our Christmas celebrations. For what? All the hubbub of the past few weeks only impacts our lives if we carry the meaning and spirit into the future....
“It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” Really?
As we hurry to finish our last minute preparations for this holiday season, our ears are filled with traditional Christmas carols and holiday music reminding us that it REALLY is the most wonderful time of the year. Why? I believe that during this special time of the...
Why Were YOU Born?
As we continue with our holiday preparations, we are reminded of a special event, one so significant it split time in two – B.C.- A.D. In recalling the birth of Jesus, we might examine our own reason for being here on earth. I believed that we arrived on this planet...
Do You Feel the Holiday Rush?
Let the games begin! We are now officially in the “Christmas Season” bringing with it the joys, stresses, anxieties, anticipations and disappointments that can come with any overinflated, long awaited “buildup”. Commercially, we only have a few short weeks to prepare...
Give Thanks
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, probably because it affords us the basis for the upcoming holiday season. It’s like the festive kickoff for the Super Bowl of Life, providing the initial start of the “rest of the game”. It’s the REASON FOR THE SEASON! Gratitude is...