God

Raise your hand if you get annoyed when the people sitting directly behind you are singing so loud at Mass they drown out....well, everything. Right there with ya. If they have good voices it's not so bad. Used to bother me…
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There's an elephant in the room. The problem we keep turning away from, feeling either powerless to solve it or unwilling to do the hard work necessary to put it behind us. Try as we might to ignore it, there comes a time when we either…
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I'm not the man God is calling me to be. A little more than 10 years ago, I didn't care who God was calling me to be. I wasn't listening to him. I believed he existed but I knew nothing about him, or His son, or the Holy Spirit. But in…
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The way God communicates with me is truly astounding. If he wants me to think about something, he puts that thought in my head. If he wants me to write about something, the idea just comes to me and I'm on my smartphone, thumbs a…
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I'm not talking about the bell curve. I'm talking about the ups and downs we all go through in our #prayer lives. Something happens and we're on fire. Praying every day - the rosary, novenas, the #daily readings. We feel like nothing can go…
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My younger days of hard-headedness make surrendering to #God so difficult. It's not that I haven't put my #trust in God many times. The times I have, he's rewarded me with a son, a great place to live, a great parish and wonderful men to…
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I'm always amazed at how God's perfect timing is evident in my life. Recently, I was thinking about the road I traveled to become Catholic when an unexpected memory surfaced. There was a period of time when I was curious about religion but…
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I was sitting around this evening, knowing I wanted to post but not sure of what about. I didn't have to wait long for #God to put something on my heart. It was this song, My God by Jeremy Camp. It's a simple song, full of truth. A great…
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Brothers and sisters, I didn't leave you. I wouldn't dare - not without saying something anyway. Just took some time to think, rest, be lazy, procrastinate, shovel snow, watch soccer and a few other things so trivial I can't remember them…
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Hi everybody, I haven't written here in a few days but I have been writing. I'm working on a book. I think I've mentioned it previously. I've fought a lot of negative thoughts in getting to the point of starting the book. One of the…
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In the last year, I've learned more about problem solving than I have in my entire life. From work to home to everywhere in between, things have gone wrong and either myself, my wife, or our staff at work has been tasked with finding…
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Welcome. I promise this batching of posts will not continue. I'm just going through a little something right now. It's a low state of mind that comes from indecision and a lack of self confidence. I've always wanted by spiritual growth to…
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Two days worth of thoughts and events. Resuming my daily workouts has also resulted in resuming a lack of sleep. That can't continue for long. Falling asleep in the living room while trying to read a book is not fun. That's why I didn't…
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Good gravy! Single parents out there, you have nothing but my respect and admiration. It’s hard work taking care of even one child by yourself, especially when they’re on a break from school. Jack heads back on Monday and that day cannot…
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We come from all over the world, sometimes alone, sometimes with families in tow. We come to a place of sun and fun so we can leave all our worldly cares behind. We sit next to each other at the pool, play volleyball on the beach together,…
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I’m just going to start from square one and see where this takes me. I had this idea come to me a couple days ago. I’m giving myself one year to go from where I am now to where God wants me to be in the following five areas of my life……
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We're more than half way through our trip to Mexico. Time to reflect on the events and feelings associated with a week spent in "paradise." The quotes are there because it's a secular paradise. To make any meaningful comparisons to our…
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#God had a plan. Oh yes he did. So many things to accomplish, so many things to be learned through living them. The chain of events was perfect – what else could we expect from our Lord. I needed to become present in my family’s lives.…
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Brothers and sisters, I've heard this song quite a few times on K-LOVE but never stopped to give the lyrics a close listen. Tonight I did and WOW! It's like this song was written for me. I've felt like I just couldn't it right. I've felt…
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Brothers and Sisters: How powerful is it to know that no matter what we do, no matter what happens to us, and no matter how desperate or hopeless a situation may seem, the love God has for us will always remain? How comforting is…
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