I Love October!

I love October.  It is my favorite month of the year.  And today’s weather is one of the reasons. It’s about 65 degrees, low humidity, sunny, not too hot, not too cold.  Now, I like hot weather when I’m on the beach or at the pool.  And, I like...

Leaving a Legacy

Each and every one of else has an inner desire to go beyond success to significance. We want our lives to mean something and make a difference. Christians are free to live significant lives because of what Jesus Christ did on the cross. We no longer have to worry...

Happy are the Merciful

This is Jesus’ fifth beatitude. The first four beatitudes deal entirely with inner principles… principles of the heart and mind. They are concerned with the way we see ourselves before God. The last four are outward manifestations of those attitudes. Those who...

Happy are the Holy

We live in a wicked world. Every day we are often ashamed of what we read in our newspapers and hear on the TV news shows. Immorality and violence are all over our society and our media. And much of America seems to enjoy it. We are in great need for purity in our...

My Audience with Pope Francis

I have been intrigued with the visit of Pope Francis to America. I agreed with much that he said as he spoke to our Congress. I am not a Catholic, but find some agreement with the Catholic Church (you can read my blog about ‘Why I am not a Catholic’). It...