• The Upward Call: Navigating Past, Present, and Future

    Looking Back: Beyond Nostalgia and Regret We often view the “good old days” through a filtered lens. While reminiscing brings comfort, there is a subtle danger in losing the context of days gone by. When we strip away the struggles of the past to remember only the simple things, we risk longing for a time

  • “The Beginning of Sorrows” Death and Life

    A month or two before the pandemic, I was visiting a museum in New York City and I found myself totally engrossed in the image of a sculpture, a small pieta of Jesus, laying in repose after the crucifixion, with an angel on each side – one in mourning for our Lord’s death, the other

  • Why Jesus?

    “Religious faith is above all a sign of faulty thinking, of ignorance;” observed noted atheist, zoologist, and author Richard Dawkins in a recent story published by The Guardian. Mr. Dawkins would further explain his desire, a call to action, was to educate the ill-informed out of their mistakes. He breaks it down into a simple

  • Bought at a Price

    Life is measured in seasons of time as predictable as the sunrise and sunset of each passing day.   We busy ourselves with the tasks of daily life, working, raising a family, which often leaves little time for anything else.  It can become a drudgery, these gears of life grinding away, stealing our joy, leaving us