Devotionals

Left To Themselves
March 2, 2012

Far too often our children are left to themselves to figure out life largely, if not entirely, on their own. Last week a nine...


Vigilance in the Face of the Lion
February 23, 2012

43 years ago I was a rifle platoon leader engaged in battle in Viet Nam. Fortunately, I was but 23 years old. I know I do not have...


The Pragmatic Christian
February 9, 2012

A very dear friend of mine told me about an encounter he had many years ago. He was running an errand one day at a large...


Sick To Death
February 2, 2012

“Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities have separated...


The Real Lesson from the Sinking of Costa Concordia
January 26, 2012

There are a multitude of lessons in retrospect from the sinking of the huge cruise liner off the coast of the Italian island,...


Physical Fitness to Bring Glory to God
January 19, 2012

When asking the score of my granddaughter’s soccer game who at the age of seven had just begun playing the game, my son,...


Will the Real God Please Step Forward?
January 13, 2012

“To Tell the Truth” was a television game show you just might not remember; on the air from 1956-1968 and syndicated...


Your Magi Journey in 2012
January 5, 2012

The New Year is entered often with resolutions to conform more to a self-set standard you did not attain in the year past;...


Mere Shepherds
December 29, 2011

We know very little about these shepherds, who as a group, of whatever number, are the best known shepherds in history. ...


Mary, Did You Know?
December 22, 2011

Martin Luther in one of his Christmas sermons on the Incarnation preached: “Wherefore, Saint Bernard declared there are here...