Paul McCartney sang:  When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be  And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me Speaking word...  Read More

When you think of the Apostle Simon Peter, what comes to mind? If anything does, it’s probably the story of him slicing off the ear of a soldier coming to arrest Jesus. Or maybe you remember the story...  Read More

Who actually is Mary Magdelene? Do you go by the DaVinci Code (she’s disguised in the Last Supper painting!), The Last Temptation of Christ, (she’s his first wife!), Pope Gregory I (she’s the prostitu...  Read More

Are you easily convinced? Or the skeptical type?One of the things that keeps me from going off the rails from the Christian beliefs I hold is that my skepticism is met with the strangest and truest-fe...  Read More

What are you predicting?  I’m predicting the Lakers will make it to the NBA finals this year.I’m predicting my body gets more and more stiff and achy from here on out. (That’s a safe bet for a 42-year...  Read More

What needs a makeover?Advent, the 4 Sundays before Christmas, is a time Christians ponder the world’s not-right-ness and hope for it’s grand makeover some day.Have you noticed that some things are wor...  Read More

The Bruce Springsteen song ‘Glory Days’ describes three people sitting at the local bar reminiscing on how life used to be before they hit their dead ends. A former high school baseball star who was b...  Read More

What’s your favorite mountain?I love driving up north from Sacramento on the west coast. It’s like getting a free geological tour: Lassen Peak, Mount Shasta, Crater Lake, Mount Hood, Mount St. Helens,...  Read More

I was a tourist in England for about a week. It was long enough to get a taste of the buzz around the royal family. Sure, pictures of the queen, princes, and princesses regularly greet me at the check...  Read More

Why is it so hard to slow down?The world is filled with different cultures, tribes and traditions. The pace of life might be the rapid-speed 24-hour productivity of Tokyo or the hang-loose vibes of Ma...  Read More

What’s the safe route? Are you taking it?We smooth over awkwardnessWe white-out mistakes.We think to ourselves: maybe I should risk, speak up, do something new, or help in that situation. But fear fre...  Read More

Decide right now you have big losses ahead of you. Nothing could be truer. Decide this right now and when they come there’s a chance you can gain all the value in each loss.A debt or foreclosure.A dia...  Read More