A couple of days ago I heard a statement that I have heard many times before, “be true to yourself.”   The person went on to say that in order to be true to ourselves we had to really know who Read more…

Paul, the apostle to the gentiles, gave us his pedigree in Philippians 3:4b-6.  I too have a pedigree that I thought I could stand on.  I believe that I have faith, or at least I should since I am considered Read more…

I was listening to some music while doing some work around the house this past week and a Christmas song came on that I had heard many times before.  I am not sure why it caught more of my attention Read more…

The Liturgical season of Advent will soon be upon us and once again we will be called on to come to the quiet and “be still and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10) The season of Advent is supposed Read more…

“A sower went out to sow.  And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up.  Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil.  It sprang up at once because the Read more…

So how is your Advent going so far?  Feeling a little guilty (like I am) because the good intentions that you had at the beginning of Advent to try and come to the quiet and to “be still and know Read more…

I recently came across a web page for a Christian Bible study program.  It was sponsored by Indiana Wesleyan University with most of the topics covering the Old Testament.  I was aware that the study was not from a Catholic Read more…

“Were you there when they crucified my Lord?”  So go the words to the title of one of the songs that is customarily sung each year on Good Friday.  It is a day when Catholic Christians come together to venerate Read more…

Paul tells us that “we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access [by faith] to this grace in which we stand, and we boas in hope Read more…