30th Sunday of Ordinary Time: List-Makers and Box-Checkers in God’s Economy
30th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C Luke 18:9-14 List-Makers and Box-Checkers in God’s Economy I’m a list-maker and a box-checker. It keeps my head straight. Sometimes I add completed tasks to my list just to cross them off. The…
How Can I Help
Years ago a friend of ours, Natalie, came to see us on a long weekend. She is a teacher at a school in northern Michigan. At that time our oldest daughter was around 2 and Norah, our youngest, was a…
29th Sunday of Ordinary Time- We Need Communication and God Wants It—How Blessed are We?!
29th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C Luke 18:1-8 How do you build a relationship with someone? You talk to them. Or if you’re like my husband and me pre-email, you write lots of letters. Regardless of the form, communication…
It’s Like Watching Music
It’s Like Watching Music I have a long and complicated history with music. I love music. My mother is a music teacher at a Catholic school in Flushing. Music has been an active part of my life since I was…
28th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Thanks Verses Gratitude—Is There a Difference?
28th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C Luke 17:11-19 Thanks Verses Gratitude—Is There a Difference? I may have lost my Southern accent, but I’m Southern to the core. Shrimp, grits, and biscuits are staples on our supper table, and my…
Hold Your Patience
Hold Your Patience Since my wife and I had our first child 7 ½ years ago, we have ups and downs. A friend once said to me, “listen, we all just do our best and hopefully we don’t raise a…