Insights & Reflections

  • It’s Okay to Struggle

    “Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.  For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake… Continue reading

    It’s Okay to Struggle
  • God I Thirst

    First Reading:  Book of Amos 8:4-6.9-12.  …Yes, days are coming, says the Lord GOD, when I will send famine upon the land: Not a famine of bread, or thirst for water, but for hearing the word of the LORD.  Then shall… Continue reading

    God I Thirst
  • It’s Not the Happily Ever After

    I thank you for being a part of my life for 14 years.  It was not easy to be with you as it was not easy to be with me either.  We had our differences and we had our moments. Continue reading

    It’s Not the Happily Ever After
  • Truth

    1st Reading:  Acts 18:1-8 Gospel:  Jn 16:16-20 …”Truly I say to you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices.  You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy.” Continue reading

    Truth
  • Holy Spirit Equals Christian Precision

    1st Reading:  Act 17:15, 22 – 18:1* …Yet, he is not far from any one of us.  For, in him, we live and move and have our being; as some of your poets have said:  for we, too, are his… Continue reading

    Holy Spirit Equals Christian Precision
  • Pursuit of Righteousness

    1st Reading:  Acts 16:22-34 …Even at that hour of the night, the jailer took care of them and washed their wounds; and he, and his whole household, were baptized at once.  He led them to his house, spread a meal… Continue reading

    Pursuit of Righteousness
  • Integrity in its Simplest Form

    1st Reading:  Acts 16:11-15 …As she listened, the Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.  After she had been baptized, together with her household, she invited us to her house, “If you think I am faithful… Continue reading

    Integrity in its Simplest Form