Monthly Archives: December 2022

On Christmas Eve, the throngs jamming the streets of Saigon will have a temporary reprieve from the staccato of machine gun fire, and bursting of cannon shells. Instead, the night air will be filled with the melodies and carols of Christmas. Saigon’s Roman Catholic cathedral will have strange bells to ring out the joyous messageContinue reading “Christmas Bells from Cannon Shells”

There is a marvelous description of God, in the Book of Deuteronomy Chapter 32 verse 11: “Like and eagle that stirs up its nest that flutters over its young spreading out its wings catching them bearing them on its pinions.” The picture that the verse presents is really this. The mother eagle builds a nestContinue reading “Reflections On Being a Saint”

The saddest thing in life is to feel we have no gifts, or the gifts we have are slowly oozing out from our grasp. We all know our “Dear Friend” who intrudes obnoxiously into every conversation and sets himself up as somebody he really isn’t. The gifts he gives, the contributions he makes, are mostContinue reading “Discovering the Gifts of God within Us”