An Encouraging Word — Blessings from the past
byI consider the days of old; the years long past I remember. Psalm 77:6 OK, it’s not my imagination. I don’t know what it’s…
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An Encouraging Word — Savoring old, hard times
byI consider the days of old; the years long past I remember. Psalm 77:6-7 My name may be Knott, but I grew up like…
An Encouraging Word — In celebration of fathers
byHe who honors his father atones for sins. He who honors his father is heard when he prays. He who honors his father will…
An Encouraging Word — Embracing ambiguity
byI have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live. Deuteronomy…
An Encouraging Word — Sit on God’s front porch
byWhile he was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him, and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son,…
An Encouraging Word — Renewed hope and effort
byHe will renew your strength. Isaiah 58:11 Forty-three down and one to go! Today, I celebrate my 43rd anniversary as a priest and, at…
An Encouraging Word — Let’s remove the beams from our eyes
byRemove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye. Matthew 7: 5…
An Encouraging Word — Protect the fire, not the ashes
byI am with you always. Matthew 28:20 I always like this time of year when we read from the Acts of the Apostles, an…
An Encouraging Word — Pray for priests
byHe bestowed on him the priesthood of his people. Sirach 45:7 Every once in a while, I like to use this column to let…
An Encouraging Word — The truth is the truth
byCleanse first the inside of the cup, so that the outside also may be clean. Matthew 23:26 Eckhart Tolle is a hero of people…