“I’ll just go where insurance tells me to go.” So ended a recent conversation with my 84-year-old mother-in-law as she told us about her effort to get a brace prescribed for her [...]

Strong is such a curious, multi-faceted word. A strong structure can weather the storm, withstand attack, or endure earthquakes. Strong people can also endure, withstand, or weather. Strength can [...]

A curious bit of timing this year has the famous day of love, Valentine’s Day, superimposed upon Ash Wednesday, the start of the 40 day Season of Lent which culminates in the commemoration [...]

Today is Sunday, February 11, 2024. For those who follow such things, today is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes, the day little Bernadette Soubirous first encountered the “little [...]

Is not life on earth a drudgery,its days like those of a hireling? Job 7:1 Drudgery. It’s really a depressingly tough word. The slog. The grind. The struggle. Drudgery evokes a sense of [...]