(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Sometimes parents need to find the right opportunity to teach their kids the importance of gratitude. It’s a key element in any survival strategy, whether in a family or on…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Nineteenth Century Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche converted from Christianity to atheism once he was convinced God was dead. Strangely enough, he still believed human gratitude could survive without God. He considered…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) “Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.” — Bob Riley Our faith tells us we were made for heroism.…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) This Sunday’s readings may help explain why there are more than 450 English translations of the Bible. Linguists offer courses on the English words we put into the mouths of…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) On this last day of summer, many of us can look back joyfully on a vacation we took with family and friends. We may even fall back on the peace…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) As we contemplate and exalt the holiness of Christ’s cross this Sunday, we can also imagine the fear that paved the way to that exaltation. Sunday’s first reading (Numbers 21:4b-9)…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Sarcasm can be seen as an intelligent person’s alternative to cursing. Both are ignited by passions and often aimed at people who disagree with us. Done artfully and with a…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) We all inherited the right to claim God’s name as our surname: “I Am!” “Being” is our family inheritance. It comes with the responsibility to invest it for the kind…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) If you’re a movie fan, try reading this Sunday’s letter from Paul to the Hebrews (Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13) as George C. Scott might have in his Oscar-winning role as General…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Humanity has created many false gods since the real One created us. Only one of our ungodly creations promises to be the end of us, though. Revenge. Jesus and the…