Eyes on the Prize
Today’s Gospel relates the story of Jesus walking on the water… more to what it means to me, it relates the story of Peter learning that he is a lot more safe and better off if he keeps his eyes on Jesus and doesn’t start second guessing himself. The priest started…
You Look Like Yourself
This morning I ran into a friend that I haven’t seen in a while. He observed (much to my delight) that I have lost weight. I’ve dropped a bit over 30 lbs at this point, so it’s really nice to have someone notice. I thanked him for telling me. And…
Focus? Or Naming the Demons?
A couple of weeks ago we caught most of an NPR NOW (sirius radio 122) broadcast of “Relaxed Focus” with David Allen (http://humanmedia.org) as we drove down I-81 (through the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia). He had some interesting ideas. Perhaps I can get…
A hole in my soul
There is a hole in my existence that opens up on occasion and sends me to a deep place. This place often strikes me as dark, but not always. We drove in to New England a couple of days ago. That empty space opened up in me. It felt something like the way I feel when I…
Wonderful Bad News
This morning one of the members of my Cursillo reunion group announced that she has to leave the group. Of course, our first reaction was “NOT ALLOWED.” But then we listened to her fill in the blanks… and it was good news and bad. The bad of course…