Sunday was one of those beautiful days of mid spring that abound in Western New York. May is a time here when Mother Earth comes back to life.
contemplative
Nonviolence invites us to…
I first read this a year ago and it is true or truer now than then. Nonviolence invites us: * To learn to recognize and respect the sacred in every person, including in ourselves, and in every part of creation. The acts of the nonviolent person help to free this sacredness in the opponent from … Read more
Living for others
Today was one of those beautiful days of mid spring that abound in Western New York. May is a time here when Mother Earth comes back to life.
Quo vadis Domine?
Tonight we watched the 1975 classic movie, “Oh God”, starring John Denver and George Burns. As I sat here with my wife viewing this wonderful story I was reminded how Scotian the movie actually is.
St. Pacificus
Tonight after a lovely dinner in Ellicottville, New York with my wife and daughter I drove over the mountains to Olean, New York. On my way I passed through the sleepy little hamlet of Humphrey.
True Happiness
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. Helen Keller
Redemptive
It’s hard to know what to say now that President Bush has vetoed the Iraq spending bill.
What do we believe in?
I watched a brief excerpt of George Tenet grandstanding about how we knew about Osama bin Laden before 9/11 blah, blah, blah.