An Encouraging Word – Growing the church: Part II
byLast week, I talked about the various groups that priests are called to lead spiritually: Faithful Catholics who are the backbone of the parish,…
An Encouraging Word
An Encouraging Word – Growing the church: Part I
byThere are many parts, yet one body. I Corinthians 12:20 One of the biggest downsides of the priest shortage is the fact that the…
An Encouraging Word — Measuring success
byHow can we thank God for all the joy we feel on your account? I Thessalonians 3:9 When you get to be 73 years…
‘An Encouraging Word’ – The new idolatry
byYou knit me in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am wonderfully made. Psalm 139:13-14 I find myself these days being “amazed”…
An Encouraging Word – Ready to Roll
bySee, I make all things new.” Revelation 21:5 A new year is like opening a new blank journal. It encourages dreaming. It invites possibilities….
An Encouraging Word – Have yourself a merry little Christmas
byWhere one alone may be overcome, two together can resist. A three-ply cord is not easily broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12 The loneliest day of a…
An Encouraging Word – Useless worry
byDo not worry about tomorrow. Matthew 6:33 Poor Advent! In a culture where delayed gratification is practically extinct, Advent doesn’t have a chance. Advent…
An Encouraging Word – Keeping your cool
byGod did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather of power and love and self-control. II Timothy 1:7 There is a Greek…
An Encouraging Word – Seeking a peace-filled Christmas
byPeace to those on whom his favors rests. Luke 2:14 I am flunking “retirement.” I have been working like a dog. Besides helping-out here…
An Encouraging Word – Gratitude for basic goodness
bySurely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. Psalm 23:6 Every once in a while, I seem to be…