First Day of School

Today was the first day of school.  My sweet little girl, in her plaid uniform skirt, books in hand and lunch all packed walked out of the door all grown up.  This was the first day of her senior year.  As I sat drinking my morning cup of coffee I couldn’t help thinking back over the [...]

Cleaning out my Closets

I am on a cleaning spree.  Over the weekend I cleaned out my office.  I know this may not be a major thing for most but for me it took 6 hours.  You see, because I wear so many hats at the Church (DRE, Director of Youth Ministry, Adult Ed coordinator, RCIA director, Pastoral Associate, [...]

Now Hear the Word of the Lord

 

“Our bones are dried up,
our hope is lost, and we are cut off.”  
Ezekiel 37:11
 
As a part of my journey in life I spent 5 years ministering in north/central Louisiana and during that time it was my great priviledge to attend many of the Catholic Churches in the area.  Although I am white, my favorite [...]

New Heart

Today is a real struggle to know what to write about.   I have a wealth of possibilities surrounding me — today’s reading are about receiving a “new heart.”  Who couldn’t do something with that?  My best friend and I sat last night for hours talking about life, politics and stupid opinions (his, not mine… little joke!) which [...]

Would God Text Message

 This evening has been an interesting one.  My 17 year old daughter is spending the week with her Dad.  There are a variety of reasons I divorced him and his inability to communicate effectively is right up there at the top.  (I didn’t help matters but that is for another blog.)  Knowing that about him [...]

Body AND Soul

As a person who struggles with addiction issues I have long been fascinated with the body-soul connection.  Some denominations would have us believe there is no connection and all we should do is concentrate on the soul.  Now, I am no great theologian.  I am proud of the work I have done and believe that [...]

Searching Faith

Tonight, (August 11th) I experienced the direct benefit of the thousands of dollars and hours invested in my graduate degree. It was celebrated in a 10 minute conversation I had with my daughter.  You see, I was fortunate enough to study at Boston College’s Institute for Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry many, many years ago where [...]

Known by Association

When I was a child growing up, for most of my life I was know by my relationships to others.  “You are Joe’s or Florence’s daughter!”  was often what I heard upon almost any introduction since my father and mother who werevery respected in the local community.  Now if that wasn’t bad enough I followed [...]

Great Words to Live By

I am not very inspired today!  Maybe because I have been doing so much writing these past few days.  (Very busy working on corperate materials for our program STATIC)  Maybe because the weather is perfect here in southeaster Michigan (high 70’s/low 80’s, little to no humidity, sunny) and I am stuck in a room with [...]

Becoming our Destiny

Sorry for no new blog yesterday.  I gave myself over to what I am going to start calling Holy Rest.  For those of us who are in the service of others:  parents, medical professionals, social workers, ministers…  we can be excellent at taking care of others but real bad at taking care of ourselves.  I [...]