This past weekend the mosquitoes were active in large numbers. Since it has been very dry, with less than half our usual rainfall, I was watering our gardens. Read more…

Praise adds nothing to your holiness, nor does blame take anything from it. You are what you are, and you cannot be said to be better than you are in God’s sight. If you consider well what you are within, you will not care what people say about you. They look to appearances but God looks to the heart. They consider the deed but God weighs the motive.

(Thomas a Kempis, Imitation of Christ, Book 2, Chapter 6)

As I drove to work on Saturday I noticed a spot on the windshield.. From that point on my eyes kept focussing on that mark. Read more…

I want to bless you with a photo of the best nativity scene I have seen this year, seein’ as it is life-size!

Have you ever complained about troubles you face? Have you asked God why a calamity struck you? Read more…