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Growing up I am the oldest of a brother plus two half brothers and two half sisters.  My full brother is six years younger than me.  I would have to say that as children I picked on him a lot.  Read more…

We know the power of prayer by interacting with people who have received its healing power.  The prophet Elijah calls on God to start a fire dosed in water after none of the pagan gods could do it.  He was Read more…

In the Bible, The Jews usually associated a mountain as being closer to God.  In Matthew’s Gospel he places Jesus on a mountain to indicate that Jesus Actions or message is important.  That is why the Beatitudes take place on Read more…

One year on my birthday I was in Kyoto, Japan all alone in my hotel room.  It was one of the first times I was ever homesick and feeling very much alone. Everyone feels alone at some time in their Read more…

The good news is that our churches are beginning to open.  I sort of feel like St. Paul who says to us today; “I have finished the race.  I have kept the faith.”  But have we really finished the race Read more…

We all love to receive gifts.  Jesus promised his disciples a special gift. He told them he would give them another advocate to be with them forever, namely his Spirit. Jesus made that same promise to me.  I don’t always Read more…

Why was it that those close to Jesus, at least in the beginning of his ministry, had difficulty with him ? Perhaps they had watched him grow up as a “normal” child leading a normal life. He seemed like one Read more…

Today I drove back to California from spending two weeks in Arizona with my grand daughters.  I was thinking as I loaded the car that Jesus told his apostles to travel light.  It sounded good at the time.  The reason Read more…