What kind of things do we notice when we are waiting for something or anticipating something to happen?  The things we notice usually depend heavily on what we are anticipating. Maybe in the case of pregnancy, a mother notices everything about her body, how it changes and feels as it makes accommodations for the new life within. …

Over the last week and a half, the people of Louisiana have been coming to terms with what is of true value in our lives.  Many of us have experienced firsthand the loss of cars, homes, and in some cases, lives. …

 Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me,
how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?”

Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.

 Some would say that traffic is equivalent to entry into Dante’s Inferno. …

I find that we tend to overuse the word “faith,” in such a way that it becomes unclear what specific meaning it may have for us.  Sometimes we think of “faith” as something that we are given and that which we must develop and do something with. …

Have you ever applied for and/or been selected for a particular job only to find out once you actually report to work that the “duties” are not at all what you had understood them to be?  Employers sometimes tend to use exaggerations and embellishments in job descriptions, perhaps to entice the applicants and/or to give the person who gets the position the sense that what they are doing in the job carries great importance and prestige. …