Jesus wants us to pay close attention to what we are building in our lives, because it matters more than anything. Most all of us work very hard to build a career, which helps us build a home and family, and secure our way in the world. This is necessary, and not at all easy,…
The Gospel reading for today’s first Sunday of Advent is our seasonal realignment to get our priorities right; warning against the addictive nature of worldly wealth and what true riches actually are. Today’s parable is the story of a man who amassed greater and greater wealth, only to have has life taken away before he…
Today’s Gospel reading is about the bottom line of our spiritual life. The phrase ‘bottom line’ comes from the practical and efficient business world. The bottom line is the number found under the bold bottom line on a profit & loss statement or balance sheet. Don’t give me all the details, what is the bottom…
I want to leave you with a story which has always inspired me to live boldly beyond our perceived limits. Irish author Frank O’Connor tells, that as a boy, he and his friends would make their way across the Irish countryside and when they came to an orchard wall that seemed too high, too difficult…
