Last weekend, my wife and I watched a movie about the life of Bob Dylan called, A Complete Unknown. While quite enjoyable, one of the songs stuck with me for several days afterward, and for a very good reason. Here are the lyrics to the first verse of The Times They Are A-Changin’:
One morning while at my mother-in-law’s house in Iowa, I stepped outside to feed her cat at 5am while everyone was still asleep. The door blew shut and locked me outside. I tried calling my wife multiple times with no answer. I tried tapping on her window, banging on her window, tapping on my mother-in-law’s window, banging on her window, and lastly ringing the doorbell. This went on for 15 minutes. Someone finally woke up, turned on the lights, and there was talking inside. Finally, the door opened. As I started to step in the house the cat looked at me and said, “See how I feel buddy?”
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Did you ever stop and think about fences? Fences are quite interesting because its reason for existence is twofold: it either keeps things in or keeps things out. But what about fences in our spiritual life? Does your fence need mending? Read More
We’ve all seen those signs outside of churches that have those funny or witty phrases. I love these! They always seem to put a smile on my face. Read More
When I was a young child, I had a tendency to wander off. I was never one to stay in one spot for very long.
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Something strange is happening today.
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When you are feeling down or beating yourself up for whatever the reason, my hope is that this prayer will help when you most need it.
The past couple of weeks have hit me pretty hard, and I imagine that I’m not alone.
Have you ever wondered what it was like to be in that upper room with the disciples after the death of Jesus? What it must have felt like as they huddled together in fear thinking that they could be next to die? All that despair, doubt and confusion that permeated their existence. It most certainly would make them want to cry out, “My Lord and my God.”
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This story was shared with me by a priest a few years back and is a great reminder for all of us to ask ourselves if we are paying it forward, wet pants and all.
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