Our Grandfather in Heaven
In his book, The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis has this to say about our concept of love. By the goodness of God we mean nowadays almost exclusively His lovingness; and in this we may be right. And by Love, in this context, most of us mean kindness- the desire to see others than the self…
Continue readingJesus On the Train
Music and Lyrics by Mike Charko and Keith Shields (SOCAN 2012) (Click here to listen to this song) (or here) I saw Jesus on the train today. He looked right through me with a piercing stare. I didn’t expect him to look that way. He asked me to love the people on the train. I saw…
Continue readingHuman History
In his book, Reason For God, Timothy Keller juxtaposes two quotes from H.G. Wells. Can we doubt that presently our race will more than realize our boldest imaginations, that it will achieve unity and peace, and that our children will live in a world made more splendid and lovely than any palace or garden that…
Continue readingCommunity and Care
It is important to tell good news stories of people finding care and community in the church. The following story is an example of how this can and has happened in the life of one church. The names have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals. The Siparia family had been part of a…
Continue readingLiving For Others
I was looking for a specific C.S. Lewis quote when I came upon these brilliant, but lesser known quotes. “She’s the sort of woman who lives for others—you can always tell the others by their hunted expression.” – C.S. Lewis in The Screwtape Letters (p. 145). He expands upon this concept in his book, The…
Continue readingFollow-up to A Parable
On December 9th John Stackhouse had a blog post which contained these quotes from Walter Hilton. Hilton offered a way for us to determine if we truly love our enemies. Here is the quote. What it really comes to is this: if you are not stirred up against such a person in anger while faking an outward…
Continue readingA Parable
Once there was a wealthy business man who passed away. People knew him as an upright entrepreneur, a leader who served in a mid-level political role, and a man of character. He was well loved and it was expected that many would attend his funeral and speak of his kindness to others, his generous gifts…
Continue readingRaise Me
Listen to this song here. My life is now in the hands of those who know my crime They stare at me with their hungry eyes Pious words from their lips hide a bitter rage We share a crime that’s now all mine Please let me live This just isn’t fair You are guilty like…
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Good Things Come In Threes
Click on photo to enlarge. Last June I wrote about the experience of two of our daughters getting married within six months of each other. That was a lot of fun. Now, just ten months later our third daughter has married. We are blessed. We are blessed to have these amazing young women in our…
Continue readingHumanae Vitae
A few days ago I wrote about chastity as discussed in the recent “Pastoral Letter to Young People on Chastity” written by the Canadian Catholic Bishops. As I said in that post, I found the article to be a helpful letter which gave guidance and encouragement to Catholics and other followers of Jesus. But,one sentence…
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