Suzy and I are in Cleveland being present during another miracle. Our friend Marty just received a double lung transplant and is doing amazingly well at the Cleveland Clinic. Others may say not say it’s not a miracle, but I disagree. Consider the growth in medical science that has occurred in the last fifty years,…

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Yes, we should talk to God through prayer. It is okay to unburden yourself to God and expect comfort and love, but God is not a butler whose function is to be at our beck and call. Our prayers should not be directives for God to take over when we are too tired to do…

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When I hear the word “Repent” I think of the revival tents of my youth and the shouts from the preacher to “repent.” “Repentance” in fact is everywhere in the New Testament. John the Baptist (Mt 3:2), Jesus (Mt. 4:17), Peter (Acts 2:38) and even in Revelation the seventh church is told “be zealous and…

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Outside the church we attend in downtown Charlotte are benches, and on those benches sit the homeless, mentally ill, and really poor of Charlotte. I often say to myself as I pass them by “there but for the grace of God go I.” In so doing I am wrong, for on the benches I sit…

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One thing I love about the Benedictines is the phrase “We Begin Again.” Perhaps because it mirrors my diet plan philosophy so much. Yet in our spiritual life it rings true as well. Our goal is progress not perfection. If we find it impossible to love our enemies, perhaps we should begin by loving people…

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