Yes Fordham, There is a Santa Claus
A retroactive Hat Tip to my classmates Joe Squillace and Tracy Crimmins from Fordham University where this story originated at Christmas 1991. Joe and Tracy were students at Fordham and…
Off to Raleigh
I’m speaking at the Catholic Network of Volunteer Service conference. Mostly on the use of technology within social justice ministries. Right now Raleigh looks like it is undergoing a monsoon,…
Let No One Have Contempt For Your Youth
Often young people think they have no role in the church. They lack confidence and vigor. They think they have nothing to add to the conversation. Often when training young…
Reflection for Sunday’s Gospel
Today’s Gospel gives me much to reflect on Taking a child, he placed it in the their midst,and putting his arms around it, he said to them,“Whoever receives one child…
You Have Searched Me And You Know Me Lord
Psalm 139 is one of my favorite and it is the responsorial psalm today at mass. I used to love the Dan Schutte song “Yahweh, I Know You Are Near”…
What is Inside also Reflects the Outside
A short time ago I worked alongside one of the loveliest women I have ever met. She was African-American and treated all of the people in her department at the…
“Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
After a friend got a nice promotion at a company a fellow co-worker of ours claimed that he had a “better pedigree” and was more suited for the promotion. Another…
Life’s Not Always a Day at the Beach
I just got back from the family beach party… OK, it’s my wife’s family, the family I married into but they are also a family that has always treated me…
The Greatest is to Be Servant
Did you ever have someone in your life who took it upon themselves to know what was good for you all the time? I’ve had about 10 of these people…