Grateful All Year Long

Grateful All Year Long

Around this time of year people have a tendency to feel a little more thankful or reflect on the things they are grateful for. But you know this feeling or reflecting should not just be around the Thanksgiving holiday. We should be thankful and grateful all year long....
Letting Go

Letting Go

I was born and raised in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and have spent all my life living either in the UP or various places in Wisconsin. I have become very familiar with the wonderful season of autumn. In fact, it is one of my favorite seasons with all its...
Veterans Day

Veterans Day

We are close to Veterans Day which is meant to be a day to honor those brave men and women who have served in the military. While I never served in the military, I have had the pleasure of knowing and working with many people who have. Veterans are an extremely...
Cheerleaders

Cheerleaders

Do you ever think of the Saints as cheerleaders? Perhaps as your cheerleaders? Imagine it for a moment, the Saints cheering you on with encouraging words as you go about your day. I was introduced to this concept years ago and it still makes me smile, especially as...
Why Do We Pray?

Why Do We Pray?

I have given a lot of thought to prayer during the past days, trying to understand what motivates me to pray. I have heard it said that prayer is conversation with God. If that is true, then when we pray, we need to embrace silence and give God a chance to speak. How...
All Things Holy

All Things Holy

When the new Roman Missal was published in 2011, I was pleasantly surprised to see a passage in the Third Eucharistic Prayer, which was a change from what was in the former Sacramentary. The prayer is in praise of God and contains these words: “. . . through your Son,...

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