Quick now. Can you name off the top-of-your head someone or something like an activity or a piece of art, which inspired you to make a major change in your life? Do you need more time to think of a name or several?  I recommend a practice you can do periodically to list the names... Continue Reading →

Photo Credit: Pixabay.com We are very close to the formal start of our election process which usually begins on Labor Day. But we will be enduring an insufferable summer for more than hot days and humid nights. Political fires will ignite furies and tempers under the embers of our anxieties smoldering as they were for... Continue Reading →

Photo Credit: Pixabay.com Traditionally, Americans have celebrated June for weddings and graduations, both of which inspire joy and celebrate achievement. Having attended the wedding of my godson and nephew recently to his wonderful bride, and having read several graduation speeches, I got to thinking about commitment and its power to encourage others who witness how... Continue Reading →

(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 →