We Have Bigger Fish to Fry
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) During the Fridays of Lent leading up to Easter, the priests of our parish did their best NOT to imitate the way Jesus’ apostles reacted to the news they received…
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Book Review Extra: Where Will Your Hospice Report Card Lead?
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) I’m reading a great business book that has equally valuable life lessons. The book is “Leadership for Engineers,” by Mike Kotecki (whom I got to know when I interviewed him…
Are We Good Enough to be Fair-Worthy?
This Sunday’s readings are all about selecting, raising and protecting prize-winning sheep. It’s both an art and a science. Protection is key, because sheep are easily lost or stolen. So why not just keep sheep in their pens, away from…
Movie Review Extra: Sweetwater Refreshes Its Audience
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) I love little movies that reveal themselves as parables. “Sweetwater” is such a film. It’s the tale of how Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton changed the world of the National Basketball Association…
Recognizing Emmanuel Among Us
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) The King David whom Peter recalls as the ancient patriarch of his people in this Sunday’s first reading (Acts 2:14, 22-33) seems a far cry from the King whom Peter…
Destroying Our Shadows of Doubt
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Jesus’ favorite disciple doesn’t give us a very flattering image of fellow disciple Thomas Didymus. Sunday’s excerpt from John’s gospel (Jn 20:19-31) details how Thomas won his nickname “Doubting Thomas.” …
Rising from Ashes on Easter
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) This Easter Sunday Peter recalls that he and the other apostles witnessed all of their Master’s miracles—except for his final one: rising from the dead. This was the miracle Jesus…
An Accusation We Must Passionately Own
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) In Matthew’s account of the Passion we read this Sunday (Mt 26:14—27:66), Jesus says to the people who would help him fulfill his mission to die for humanity’s life, in…
Movie Review Extra: “65”– Let the Fiddler on the Roof of This Spaceship Take You Home
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Our family saw a double feature yesterday. On their surfaces, these two movies couldn’t have been more alien from one another, but deep down they were connected by a heart.…
God’s Favorite Miracle
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) This Sunday’s gospel reading about Jesus restoring life to Lazarus has a section that’s often overshadowed by that great miracle (Jn 11:1-45). In it, Jesus teaches his disciples about the…