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The Land of the Living

The Land of the Living

I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. // Psalm 116:9 What are the chances that copious tears won’t destroy my careful application of mascara? Nope,...
September 14, 2024

The Land of the Living

I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. // Psalm 116:9 What are the chances that copious tears won’t destroy my careful application of mascara? Nope,...
September 14, 2024
Victory...Little By Little

Victory...Little By Little

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. // John 3:17 We hustled silently through...
September 13, 2024
Run To Win

Run To Win

Run so as to win. Every athlete exercises discipline in every way. // 1 Corinthians 9:24-25 I will never be an Olympic athlete. That is a fact. I just turned...
September 12, 2024
All Yours!

All Yours!

The Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name. // Luke 1:49  (from the Gospel for the Memorial of the Most Holy Name of Mary) Our...
September 11, 2024
Daughters of the King

Daughters of the King

All glorious is the king’s daughter as she enters; her raiment is threaded with spun gold. In embroidered apparel she is borne in to the king; behind her the virgins of her train...
September 10, 2024
What Actually Matters

What Actually Matters

Now indeed [then] it is, in any case, a failure on your part that you have lawsuits against one another. Why not rather put up with injustice? Why not rather...
September 09, 2024
The Little Is A Lot

The Little Is A Lot

“Your boasting is not appropriate. Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all the dough?” // 1 Corinthians 5:6 Over the years, one of my most consistent prayers...
September 08, 2024
The Truth is, We Can’t Save Ourselves

The Truth is, We Can’t Save Ourselves

Be strong, fear not! Here is your God, he comes with vindication; with divine recompense he comes to save you. // Isaiah 35: 4 At a recent event, a musician...
September 07, 2024
Am I Really That Prideful?

Am I Really That Prideful?

Learn from myself and Apollos [ . . . ] so that none of you will be inflated with pride. // 1 Corinthians 4:6 I could hear the distant tick...
September 06, 2024
Put On the New Cloak

Put On the New Cloak

“No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one. Otherwise, he will tear the new and the piece from it will not match the old...
September 05, 2024
An Extra Plate for the Miracle, Please

An Extra Plate for the Miracle, Please

[T]hey caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing. They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them. // Luke 5:6-7 I love...
September 04, 2024