Your mom’s love will steady you and her spirit will encourage you and her faith will sustain you. Some young men have mothers who drain them, even scare them. You are not one of those men.
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older and wiser
February 27, 2013 
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So many things I can’t change, so many things I can’t do over, and yet He is Himself a quiet habitation, a sure foundation, a shelter in any storm.
Read morehome for the holidays
December 23, 2012 3 Comments
Everyone is home for Christmas, our four adult children, their spouses and all the grandkids. It’s a houseful, with 16 of us counting Katie and me. We try to get everyone together every other year, and there are some things you learn. Like that you have to go to the store everyday. This year we […]
Read morea Saint Nicholas Day sermon
December 6, 2012 1 Comment
Remember to get your Saint Nicholas / Santa fix today. Christmas is about Someone Else.
Read more a Holy Ghost explosion?
September 25, 2012 3 Comments
There is a Holy Ghost Explosion in the Plaza with one of the summer music teams. I find this curious, since I have always assumed He came at a time and a place of His own choosing.
Read moreRetrospective: 2003
August 24, 2012 3 Comments
The writer of Hebrews says faith is the evidence of things not seen. Based on such evidence, we do the uncomfortable thing in order to understand the unknowable thing and accomplish the unimaginable thing.
Read morehappiness and hope
July 9, 2012 3 Comments
What accounts for the fact that conservatives are generally happier than liberals? Frankly, I don’t think it’s the politics.
Read more this makes me happy
July 8, 2012 2 Comments
You have to believe in something, care about something, even fight for something if you want to be happy.
Read morea blessing indeed
June 30, 2012 4 Comments
A Night of Blessing is a rare moment in the life of a man, a moment to gather in a community of trusted brothers and spiritual fathers and talk about things that matter.
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the idolatry of food
Is modern agribusiness with its abuses of labor, animals, and health a form of idolatry? Perhaps. But pride in our food sources or esthetic can be idolatry too.
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