Dear friends of Life Encouraged, I am asking for your help!We Christians MUST not remain silent as our brothers and sisters in the Middles East are ethnically cleansed from their homes, churches, and lands. Our brothers and sisters are being persecuted, martyred, and driven from their homes, and our...
While I understand the immediate discomfort some have when they hear language like this, may I ask your indulgence (big smile here!) in seeing beyond an initial, emotional response, and consider the thoughts written here. You may discover some edification for your own Christian maturity. Just give it a...
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Falling Asleep of our blesses Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary. Join us as we sing this hymn today: In birth, you preserved your virginity; in death, you did not abandon the world, O Theotokos. As mother of life, you departed to the source of life,...
That's what my doctor tells me about my range of motion. I remember a few years ago him telling me that the Latin word for "live" literally means "to move" so he told me if I wanted to live I had to MOVE! Ok,OK, I hear you. He went on...
Thank you all who stop by here for the daily devotionals, weekly homilies, and other postings all meant to encourage you to practice daily the faith meant to make you like Jesus Christ! This is the heart of Life Encouraged and why I love doing this work. In the last...
I've noticed that some folks appreciate straight talk and some folks don't. In fact, there seem to be whole cultures where plain talk is discouraged because certain cultures consider it rude. I've seen this reality play out with different concepts about honesty as well.
He was a canny businessman. He actually took real pleasure in knowing he had gotten the better of his business associates in deals, in negotiations, and in life. He seemed to know just when to strike and just the right words to say to get his way and get...
Faith is something we humans take for granted. We seem to just assume that we "have" faith or we "keep" the faith merely by wanting to do so, but is that what faith really is? Is faith something we simply "think" about and so we "have" it? I don't know...
Today, Jesus walks on water to get to His disciples in the boat. Don't let the flashy miracle of walking on water distract you from the greater miracle of His great love and concern for His disciples. The Lord wasn't going to let a little problem of physics like...
This Saturday I am honored to share with your the growing resource of videos from the absolutely excellent ministry resources from our Archdiocese Youth Department called "Be the Bee." The Feast of the Transfiguration occurs during our fasting season in preparation for the Feast of the Dormition. This is no...
