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“Who is my mother and my sisters and my brothers?  These are.”  Jesus “The family that prays together stays together.” Anonymous “The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant.  Every table had an argument going.”  George Carlin My sister Mary Jo is visiting from Wisconsin.  It’s wonderful to have her.  She has…

“Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough.” George Washington Carver “Nothing beautiful comes without some suffering.” The Book of Joy Have you ever met someone for the first time that you felt you had met before?  Someone that you seemed to recognize, or “rang a bell” with you?  Your mind spent…

“I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in . . . “ Jesus “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others,  and if we can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.” The Dalai…

“Then the Lord God formed mankind from the dirt of the ground.” Genesis 2:7 “Turning around Mary saw Jesus, but she didn’t know it was Jesus . . .  thinking Him to be the gardener.”  John 20:14-15 “From dirt you were formed, and to dirt you shall return.” Words from a traditional funeral service. (I…

“Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” The The Tao Te Ching “The better I take care of someone else, the better I’m taking care of the whole.” David I’ve never met David in person, only on zoom.  That’s the post-Covid virtual world we live in.  And it’s not all bad.  It was…

“Rejoice in The Lord always.” “PTL: Praise the Lord.”  Sandy “GIBM:  God is blessing me.” Sandy Sandy is a corker, a crackerjack, a whirling dervish of delight.  She’s a bundle of joy that is constantly moving and in motion.  Sandy is a diminutive woman, standing five feet tall on her tiptoes.  She might weigh a…

“Don’t love your brother only with words, but with what you do.” 1 John “I consider all things as loss . . .”  St. Paul Recently I had lunch with a couple of friends, Franchot and Marion, that I hadn’t seen for quite some time.   I first met Franchot and Marion at Fort Lyon.  “The…

“And now these three remain; faith, hope, and love.  And the greatest of these is love.”  1 Corinthians 13 “Oh you’ll find out someday.”  Aunt Lucille A week ago Aunt Lucille turned 104 years old. That’s right, ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR! For all but three of those years Aunt Lucille has lived in Exeland, Wisconsin,…

“Celtic spirituality was deeper and more primal that we are to ourselves.” Esther de Waal “If you’re looking for theology, seek a poet.”  Welsh saying Esther de Waal is a well-renowned author and expert on Benedictine and Celtic Theology.  Her books include “The Celtic Way of Prayer”, “Every Earthly Blessing” and “The Way of Simplicity.” …

“Do you betray me with a kiss?”  Jesus to Judas Iscariot “Et tu, Brutus?”  Julius Caesar I would invite you to read John 13. Jesus is The Way.  As we enter the season of Lent we are on The Way WITH The Way. The Way of Jesus to the cross began in earnest on the…