Category Archives: Life
To Be a Christian is To Be Contrarian
I know that life is meant for the giving; that being in this world means being with and for others in this world. The greatest difficulty in giving is that it often means giving up. What I give, I give … Continue reading
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Tagged Choice, Discipline, Doing good, Service, Wisdom
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The Holy Trinity in My Life
I wake up every morning, always grateful for yet another day in my life. I have seen so much beauty in life, have received so many blessings and have had experiences so fantastic I did not even dare dream them … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Life, Photography, Presence, The Good News
Tagged Blessings, Love, Miracles, Prayer, Suffering
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Bless Our Children
I have always loved children and I have always loved it that children seem to take to me so naturally. I love the freshness and hope that they bring. Nothing is sweeter than a baby’s breath and nothing can be … Continue reading
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Tagged Being a Father, Doing good, Growing Older
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In My Small Way
There is great force and tremendous power behind small and ordinary things. A cup of water can mean life or death to a thirsty person. A grain of salt can make the great difference between an insipid dish and a … Continue reading
The Spirit is Alive in the Valley
It is sad how religion is often perverted to become a force for division and subtraction rather than an influence for addition and multiplication. It is sadder still that so many wars are waged and acts of violence are committed … Continue reading
To be a Child
To be a child is to wake up in the morning, unencumbered by the past and with a future full of limitless possibilities. To be a child is to see the world with eyes of wonder, wishing for explanations or … Continue reading
Love Comes from Our Uniqueness and Differences
One of the strengths and important technology of modern corporations is their capacity for mass production. Imagine Apple churning out millions of i Phones from factories all over the world or Toyota rolling out millions of cars out of its … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessings, Eternity, Grace, Suffering, Wisdom
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I Love You All the Way Up to the Moon and Back
One of my favorite routine and recurring exchange with Jane is when I ask her: “How much do you love Lolo?” In the beginning, she would fully stretch out her little arms and say “This much!”. Then her response became … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Beginnings, Growing Older, Hope, Jane
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“Love Isn’t Love ‘Til You Give It Away”
I have always loved these lines of a song from “The Sound of Music”: A bell is no bell ’til you ring it A song is no song ’til you sing it And love in your heart wasn’t put there … Continue reading
What I Pray For
In my life, there is nothing that I fervently prayed for that did not come true. Early in life, I prayed for a happy and fulfilling one – like most everyone I suppose. I even described what would make up … Continue reading