We live in an age where our advances in technology and medicine has gone a long way to remove inconvenience and suffering from we humans. People are living longer than ever before. In fact, it seems soon living to 100 is going to be the norm among us. We...
Years ago when I was 11 or 12, my brother and I loved to watch Saturday morning cartoons before we went to our bowling league! And one of my most favorite shows wasn't a cartoon at all, but a short history lesson from Walter Cronkite on his show "You...
There's an old saying that is a misquote attributed to Francis of Assisi that goes "Wherever you go, preach the Gospel, and, if necessary, use words." While the sentiment in the quote does have merit, it actually wasn't said by Francis and it isn't really all that correct. But, it...
"What's the magic word?" My teacher was trying to get us to remember to say the word "please" when we were asking for something. So, it turns out the little book published several years ago was right, "All I Really Need to Know I learned in Kindergarten!" So, what is...
"Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives." Anybody who has any idea about American soap operas will automatically see the opening of the old "Days of our Lives" TV show. As trite as that may sound, there is a "grain" of truth in the...
St. John Chrysostom declares "Be ashamed when you sin, not when you repent." I can't tell you how many times I've had people confide in me that they don't go to confession because they are ashamed. What a brilliant trick of the evil one! The very medicine that would...
It almost sounds like the beginning of a joke: "A Soldier, an Athlete, and a Farmer..." But what it really is is a prescription for living a wise life. All too often we fall into the trap of reducing life to being "right" or "wrong." We want to be correct....
Soren Kierkegaard once said "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." Frankly, I couldn't list all the times I wish I hadn't said this or that in my life. My tongue has gotten me in trouble as much or...
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"It's a gift!" I watched as the words fall on his ears, but the meaning didn't seem to register. "But I didn't get you anything" he insisted. "That's OK. It's a gift. I didn't get it for you expecting anything in return. It's a gift." Again, the words were...
