prayer

So, I haven’t written in a while. My only excuse is that my studies have kept me pretty busy lately. Anyway, I thought I would write a little something today as we are about half way through Lent. This has turned into quite the Lenten journey for me. You see, […]

Of Coffee And Generosity

This entry was posted in Reflections and tagged coffee generous go farther Jesus Lent prayer reflection on March 22, 2017

The Lord hears the cry of the poor. These are the words we hear today in the Psalm. The same sentiments are echoed in the gospel, but the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, […]

The Cry Of The Poor, Desperate, Sad

This entry was posted in Reflections and tagged crying Jesus poor prayer reflection vulnerability wounds on October 21, 2016

My Heart Is Heavy

This entry was posted in Reflections and tagged broken heart prayer tragic on July 13, 2016

Like The Dewfall

This entry was posted in Reflections and tagged dewfall God's Beauty Holy Spirit mercy prayer reflection on June 29, 2016

Both of today’s readings contain elements of friction or conflict. In the first reading, we hear about internal conflicts, those things going on inside of ourselves. As the early church was being formed, the old ways of thinking were hard to shake to change. Behaviors and attitudes cultivated over generations […]

Friction Makes Heat

This entry was posted in Reflections and tagged friction heat Jesus passion prayer reflection scripture sin on May 17, 2016

I was teaching a class the other day and the subject centered around prayer. One of my students, Margo, compared the many styles and modes of prayer to having different tools in your tool box. I really thought this was a great analogy and wanted to expound on it a […]

Toolbox

This entry was posted in Reflections and tagged Jesus prayer reflection rosary spiritual tools on May 2, 2016

In my professional career, I am a database administrator. I deal with data all day long. Years ago I noticed that in databases it is all about relationship, how one piece of data relates to another. Sometimes the relationships are obvious, like a car is made of many parts. Sometimes […]

Relationships

This entry was posted in Reflections and tagged Holy Spirit Pope Francis prayer reflection relationship The Joy of Love on April 12, 2016

These last few weeks of Lent have been a little eventful with a number of things breaking. The curtain rod just decided to break. The riding mower quit starting, and some computer issues just to name a few. Yesterday, I got into my truck and thought to myself, at least […]

Check Engine Soon

This entry was posted in Reflections and tagged anxiety Bible Good Friday healing Jesus prayer reflection scripture worries on March 25, 2016

From “The Practice of the Presence of God”: He often points out our blindness and exclaims that those who content themselves with so little are to be pitied. God, says he, has infinite treasure to bestow, and we take so little through routine devotion which lasts but a moment. Blind […]

What a Pity

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Jesus journey patience prayer on April 18, 2013

Disciple On A Journey

A journey to the Kingdom of Heaven