Never too much
I’ve been listening to music on my IPod all summer. An IPod has really revolutionized music for me. My new PT Cruiser has an audio jack that lets me play music whenever I’m in the car. Tonight my wife and…
Why we fight
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not…
A fraud
“I’ve got God’s shoulder to cry on. And I cry a lot. I do a lot of crying in this job. I’ll bet I’ve shed more tears than you can count, as president,” –President George Bush When I read this…
Thank you Soldier Fuel.
Last week after reading a post by PlainFoolish about Anysoldier.com I decided to send some of our troops some candy bars that are sold by Soldier Fuel. In attempting to purchase the candy bars for the soldiers I made a…
Thoughts on Bush visit to Iraq
George Bush visited Iraq today. He landed at Al-Asad airbase in Western Iraq. That’s 120 miles from Baghdad. I’ll bet he didn’t want to receive the same type of welcome that US Lawmakers recently received when their plane became the…
Verse of the day
For he did not remember to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted to their death. He loved to curse; let curses come on him. He did not like blessing; may it be far from him.…
Deep peace
Thank you to all the people who prayed for our daughter. She seems to be progressing well. Her fever broke over twenty-four hours ago and her leg looks much better. The redness and swelling are subsiding. Dara is hoping to…
Prayer request
My daughter has been hospitalized with an unusual infection in her left leg. She’s normally “fit as a fiddle,” running ten to twelve miles a week. Tuesday night we received a call that a friend was taking her to the…
Christian of the 21st century
“The Christian of the future will be a mystic or he will not exist at all.”–Karl Rahner. Fr. Bob Struzynski, OFM told me that a couple of years ago during one of my visits to Mt. Irenaeus. It resonated for…
Samba pa ti
I’ve been listening to music that was produced in the 1960’s and 1970’s lately. This renewed fascination has been fueled by many of the wonderful videos at Youtube. Carlos Santana was one of the great guitarists that came out of…