What is true of writing is also true of the spiritual life. Nouns clutter, verbs move and inspire. Before Thanksgiving, Advent & Christmas were nouns, collections of things, they were verbs-powerful movements of the grace of God.

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…

Yet, going up North this time of year as Fall gives way to Winter is good for the soul I think.  It reminds me of the seasonal nature of God’s creation, which you can lose track of in Sunny Florida.  Life is seasonal.  We live for a season and then we die, as the natural…

A metaphor might help us make this more concrete. Imagine that you are standing near an airplane.  That plane can do something that you cannot do yourself.  You are held down by the law of gravity and no matter how hard you flap your arms, you cannot fly.  The plane, on the other hand, was…

It just so happens that today’s gospel reading captures Jesus’ 30 second opening statement of his ministry, showing the all the world and each of us why he was the greatest leader who ever lived, and why he is the One are to follow to find our purpose in life, in 280 characters or less.…

Jesus, somehow led the Apostles in a manner opposite to how our society leads today.  He didn’t make a team of ‘factional friendships’ of those who saw things the same way on. He didn’t assemble a bunch of moderates, or even people that were like him.  What Jesus does with the disciples and wants to…