(Occasionally I ask Lily, our little Maltipoo, to write a letter to the President. She is full of advice about anything canine. Her letters provide some much-needed levity when we get too serious.) Dear Mr. President:  I’m so sorry that I haven’t written to you in so long after Commander left your company to be rehomed.... Continue Reading →

Photo Credit: Freepik Today is Memorial Day, a day of commemorating the fallen who fought on our behalf in wars that took our young but assured our freedom. It makes me pause to recall in a sobering way that at this point in history most of us have no personal relationship with a man or... Continue Reading →

Photo Credit: Jesuit Retreat Center - Parma, Ohio You may be making your summer plans by now or at least thinking about them. There’s a lot to consider for summer. Gardening, yard work, outdoor house repairs, picnics, family reunions. Yep, there’s a heap of living to be done when the warm, slash hot, season is... Continue Reading →

If you haven’t seen the movie Cabrini, be sure to make the effort. By now, however, it might be streaming on one of the several venues like Netflix or Max, etc. It is the story of St. Francis Xavier Cabrini, and the founding of her missionary community in her native Italy before coming to America to... Continue Reading →

Many of us feel paralyzed at the toll of human suffering we witness each day in Gaza and on our own southern border. My community has two centers each in a different part of Texas trying to provide assistance to the desperately poor they work with each day. We are, perhaps, more attentive to the... Continue Reading →

Several months ago, I treated the subject of joy from the perspective of Bono, the Irish rock star. More than a few of you commented on how surprised you were to learn that Bono has developed a spirituality of joy that he tries to insert as part of his music and his relationship with audiences... Continue Reading →

Is there a spirituality of Earth Day? Let me ask it this way: Do you love your children, your family? Do you love your home and property? Do you love your pets, your friends, your church and social groups? If you love any or all of the above, you are driven by a spirituality of... Continue Reading →

The total eclipse experienced here in northeast Ohio last Monday still has people talking. In the dentist’s waiting room today, a woman joined me after she announced herself to the receptionist, plopped herself across from me and immediately began: “How about that eclipse?” We rattled on about it until I was called to that ominous... Continue Reading →

Clevelanders can hardly breathe with all the excitement of baseball’s opening day and the total solar eclipse occurring at the same time, April 8, 3:13 p.m. And, in between, the Womens’ NCAA Final Four taking place at our own Rocket Mortgage Field House from April 5 through 7. We are awash with anticipation and excitement!... Continue Reading →

(Well, one of the names is spelled with one ‘c’ and the other with two.) Photo credits: Getty Images / The New York Times If you follow the NFL, you are aware that the Cleveland Browns did not renew the contract with Joe Flacco, the quarterback they signed from the Jets last season to replace... Continue Reading →