Daughter: Mom, what’s it like to have the greatest daughter in the world? Mother: I don’t know dear, you’d have to ask Grandma. Two children ordered their mother to stay in bed one Mother’s Day morning. As she lay there looking forward to breakfast in bed, the smell of bacon floated up from the kitchen. […]
Poor Jesus, he walked a very thin line. Say “too little” and they “hound you” indefinitely. Say “too much” and they stone you to death for sure. It all goes back to that “honor/shame society” thing actually. If you say “too much” about yourself, you are puffed up, bragging, a show off and a blow […]
Isn’t there an “old saying,” about there being…“a lot more fish in the sea?” I thought there was! There are always more fish. You just have “TO KNOW” where to LOOK for them… So, there’s another story…a “Jesus story!” “After this,” meaning “after the last resurrection appearance”…Jesus appears AGAIN to HIS disciples this time, near […]
The disciples are “overwhelmed.” “Life,” has just been throwing a lot at them. I mean a lot! Most of us have been there! They went from the “dire diagnosis” that Jesus — their buddy, their guy — was dead…crucified at the hands of the Roman authorities-egged-on by the crowds. Mary showed up early on the […]
It is hard to imagine…that there is “a believer” anywhere…who wouldn’t have traded places with “old Thomas…” I mean, what a “golden opportunity…” it was. What a “priceless chance…” …“imagine the growing anticipation…” It was a “once in a lifetime thing…” If, given the chance, to see for yourself… “that face”…to look into “those eyes”…to […]
Honesty is an attractive “thing.” I think it has always been attractive… Especially today, when honesty “seems like it is more fleeting than ever…” Why is it that most of those incarcerated say, “They are “not guilty?” Individuals whom are caught red-handed, claim to be not guilty. DNA evidence clearly convicts and yet, people say […]
On the same day, (that is “code language” for Easter Sunday…it means to say…the same day “that Jesus rose from the dead”)…well, “on that same day”…two of Jesus’ followers were traveling to the village of Emmaus when Jesus joined them on their horrific and sad march toward home. They were “blocked” or “prevented” from recognizing […]
I do not know if you are aware of this or not…but… A lot of people say, “I believe in the resurrection; I just don’t understand it.” George Gallup did a poll that said 84 percent of people who “never go to church” believe Jesus rose from the dead. Obviously, the percentage rises with active […]
OK, “two quick ones…“just because” it is still an “early hour” for some of us! I heard about a little boy sitting next to his best friend at church one Easter Sunday morning at 8:00. His friend asked, “How did you get that big ugly bruise on your arm?” The boy replied, “I ate some […]
This is traditional… Just to get you thinking a little bit and to make sure everyone is awake… A parishioner was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is…to shake hands. He grabbed the parishioner by the hand and pulled him […]