Ah, the seasons are a changing. I can feel it in the winds. Summer is trying to hang on with it nature-made hands, but its seasoned grip is beginning to grow weary. Read More
On a cold January day, a man wearing a t-shirt and a ball cap walked into a busy train station in Washington D.C., opened his violin case and began playing. Four minutes went by and finally one man realized there was a musician playing, so he slowed down for a moment to listen but then carried on. After about eight minutes, the violinist received his first dollar bill, tossed into his hat on the floor by a woman who never even looked in his direction. Children would stop to listen, only to be quickly pulled away by their rushing parents. Read More
There’s something strange in the neighborhood. Who Ya Gonna Call?
There’s something weird and it don’t look good. Who Ya Gonna Call?
Most of you probably know the song and the movie quite well. Ghostbusters was a huge hit back in the day and the new version is doing quite well in theaters now. If there was ever any dreadful danger or spooky situations, the Ghostbusters were the best at saving the day. The song is still great and the movies are still funny, but spooky ghosts and goblins aren’t real. Proton packs and ghost traps don’t exist. There’s nothing spooky to be afraid of. Read More
A Parable on Modern Life (adapted from The Song of the Bird by Anthony de Mello S.J.)
The animals met in assembly and began to complain that humans were always taking things away from them. “They take my milk,” said the cow. “They take my eggs,” said the hen. “They take my flesh for bacon,” said the hog. “They hunt me for my oil,” said the whale. The snail was the last to speak. “I have something they would certainly take away from me if they could. Something they want more than anything else. I have time.”
You have all the time in the world if you would give it to yourself. What’s stopping you? What obstacles are preventing you from living in the present? What activities are taking up your time? Are these activities truly necessary? Are these activities life-giving or life-taking?
We constantly find ourselves searching to find more time to do the things that we think we should be doing. Perhaps we need to start thinking about how we can better spend our time doing the things that God wants us to do. Spend some time today in prayer and ask God to enlighten your mind in order to make better use of your time and to discover those things that are truly important in life. You’ll be amazed of how this changes your perspective of modern life.
“If you want to have the time of your life, change how you use the time in your life.” ~ Tim Fargo
Ah, Spring! That glorious season when the sun warms, temperatures steadily increase, trees begin to come alive again, birds sing their happy songs, the grass begins to regain it’s color, and a menagerie of ground vegetation emerges and blossoms from the shadows of winter. Ah, Spring! How lovely it is to have you back with us. But along with all of these joyful experiences of this season, a frightful and disturbing life form develops… Read More
The following song was written years ago when I was reflecting on what Jesus had gone through in order to save us. Despite the fact that we were not actually present when all this occurred, we continue to persecute and kill by our words and actions. I pray that these words allow us to become one with the suffering Christ and to make the changes needed in our lives to live according to his word. Let us carry our cross in order to bring resurrection into the lives of others. Read More
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