The Voice of Summer: A Lenten Reflection

For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. Solomon 2:11-12 For any Michigander, Detroit Tiger Fan or just a Detroiter, you know the above, it …

American Catholic Council hits Detroit and Archbishop Allen Vigneron hits back

This past weekend was an exciting time in Detroit for Catholics. The city was host to the American Catholic Council (Read here). Now let me be clear, this is a dissident group, they are Catholic only by name, and I do not support them and anyway. So, you may be asking yourself, why than, was …

The Vote, The Voice

Image via Wikipedia We have just under two weeks left until November 2nd and the vote to take back what is ours, our state and our country. What scares me is people will look at the pool numbers and decide not to vote, thinking that there vote will not matter. How wrong you are, every …

Ernie and Detroit

Yesterday the City of Detroit mourned the loss of a great man, Ernie Harwell, the voice of summer. Ernie was the broadcast announcer for the Detroit Tigers for years. His voice on the radio meant that summer was here. As a child I use to listen to Ernie on the radio, to hear the tigers …

Wiered Up

Today I am all wired up, literally. Last week I had my annual physical, part one, I went in to give blood and have all the required test run on me. One of the tests was an EKG. Well I guess the EKG came back a little off, so now I am wearing a 24 …

A Voice

Now I will receive some ribbing from my partner for this blog, but that’s ok, I’ll take it. Over the weekend we held our 6th grade retreat “Becoming: Active” and the overall lesson was we must take ownership of our faith, make it ours and be active in it. Just showing up at Church or …

I can hear you, but I ain’t listening

I can hear you, but I ain’t listening… We all have done that, we hear what the other person is saying, but we are not listening to them. I always think of Charlie Brown, you know how the adults talk in that show, wwawwawa waa wwaaa, that’s how it is sometimes for me, all I …

Storm of Humanity

Quiet! Be Still! Now they don't sound like words Jesus would say, but he did.He said it and it happened. It was a miracle. I bet all of us who deal with children or have our own wish that would work for us. But for the most part it does not work that way. We …