From an eternal perspective

From an eternal perspective

As a 2000-year-old institution, the Church is far from ready to be mothballed. On the contrary, she is alive and well and expanding. In the intervening years, there have been periods of great growth followed by lackluster times. There have been times when the...
Our New Year’s Perspective

Our New Year’s Perspective

“There is a place that I knowWhere I need more often to goA place of amazing comfort and rest.” In the Arms of my Father* by Dave Chumchal For many, this new year holds no reason for celebration. The kings of this world are looking in the mirror and chortling...
But wait, there’s more

But wait, there’s more

You’re watching a favorite movie with friends who are seeing it for the first time. When it gets to the tragic scene (followed, as you well know, by an amazing turn of events), it’s all you can do to restrain yourself from spoiling it for your friends and shouting out...
A Night & Day Difference

A Night & Day Difference

When I was ten years old, I was taken to an Optometrist. I don’t know if my parents described what that was, or why, exactly, I was visiting that place. (Isn’t it surprising how many things are like that for kids, just being taken here and there because we’re told...
“The future ain’t what it used to be.” 

“The future ain’t what it used to be.” 

Yogi Berra It makes me nervous. Really nervous. There’s a trucking company on the West Coast that has a small fleet of 20 un-manned, electronic-circuit-controlled, 18-wheel rigs. It isn’t just the strange appearance of an empty cab rolling down the highway, it’s also...