Rest Stop (Sunday) Times are a changing
Turning back time Many of us in the United States turned back the hands of time early this morning. We have ended the period of Daylight Savings Time and are now on “normal” time. As I write this the...
View ArticleRest Stop (Wednesday) …it’s less than a week away!
Christmas Day is less than a week away! As we prepare for Christmas I wish to offer short reflections over the next few days. I encourage you to share your reflections of the holiday with us so we...
View ArticleRest Stop (Sunday) … where’d it go?
On this Sunday morning, as I sit watching the nature around me, I realize that time flies rather quickly. ”Tempus fugit” (time flies) is a phrase I learned early on in my Latin studies. Yes, I...
View ArticleRest Stop (Sunday) … is spirituality still relevant?
It seems to me that in today’s society we are more “concrete” oriented as opposed to “abstract” oriented. We tend to focus our attention on what we can see and touch and not on what is not clearly...
View ArticleRest Stop (Thanksgiving) … keeping thanks in thanksgiving
traditional Thanksgiving “Don’t spoil what you have by desiring what you don’t have; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.” —Epicurus Today, in the United...
View ArticleRest Stop (Friday) … it’s cold, snowy, & Winter … and I’m happy!
As I write this post the sun is shinning although the temperature outside is in the teens, Fahrenheit, with no relief in sight of warmer temperatures any time soon. The cold coupled with many inches...
View ArticleRest Stop (Friday) … On air talking about spirituality at work
Mindfulness, or living in the moment, is the main theme of my writing and personal philosophy. I don’t write about it from an academic sense. No, I write about it because the more I try to live in the...
View ArticleRest Stop (Holy Saturday) … grief, hope, faith
Holy Saturday, the day after the death of Jesus, Christians await, in hope and in faith, for God to show us a sign that Jesus is truly His son. When we think of the emotions of the followers of Jesus,...
View ArticleRest Stop (Easter) … is this real?
He is risen! He is not in the tomb! Can this be true? Could Jesus rise from the dead!? This morning is the beginning of a new chapter for the apostles and for those who put faith in the person of...
View ArticleRest Stop (Sunday) …. Learning from the 9/11 attack
World Trade Center “cross” 9/11/2001 Today we remember all those who lost their lives, and those families who lost loved ones in an attack on innocent lives. I recall that Tuesday morning in 2001 as if...
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