“It is no surprise that for many people retirement is a fearful prospect. Who are we when there is nothing to keep us busy?”                                                                                               Fr. Henri J. M. Nouwen Not so many years ago retirement meant a gold watch and a sudden end to a life filled with purpose and a reason to get up each morning.  Retirement today   [Read More …]

LISTEN:  Do you hear them?  One after another, well informed, determined young people are speaking truth to power.  Don’t write them off as too young to know anything.  They are the future and they are saying things to the powers that be that need to be said. Why?  Because the powers that be are squandering their futures to protect their own lifestyles. At the 2018 UN Climate Change   [Read More …]

Ironically, one of the most expensive gifts in the world doesn’t cost a cent. It is a gift we give ourselves, even though we think we are giving it to someone else. Hard-won and often years in coming, it is the gift of forgiveness. Whether we recognize them as such or not, the words Jesus spoke on the cross, “Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing,” are meant for you and me,   [Read More …]

“Treat others as you would like them to treat you.” Luke 6:31 The Jerusalem Bible – The longest shutdown in government history has left me thoroughly disgusted with the attitude of the politicians who are totally out of touch with the untold millions of Americans who live from paycheck to paycheck. These days we tend to hear a great deal about Income inequality, but not so much about the   [Read More …]

Each one should give what he has decided in his own mind, not grudgingly or because he is made to, for God loves a cheerful giver.”     2 Corinthians 9:7-8 The Jerusalem Bible It’s that time: time to budget for the year; time to make a giving plan. Why? Because it is too easy to leave giving until everything else is funded, and then to give nothing because there is nothing left. Who suffers   [Read More …]