At the end of the day it's not about what you have or even what you've accomplished. It's about who you've lifted up, who you've made better. It's about what you've given back.
03355 – What You’ve Given Back
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03265 – Accomplishing Much
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
03203 – Love Like No Other
From his hospital bed this morning (one-day stay for a minor procedure), Dad asked me to please help him with flowers and a cake for Mom’s birthday. She is turning 75 this weekend. Once at the store, I had to send multiple pictures of options to him before he was...
03193 – Building Bridges of Suffering & Joy
A few years ago, my son attended the funeral of a classmate whose life had been tragically cut short by an automobile accident. Though Stan did not know him very well as they were both relatively new to the school, he said the boy was “soft-spoken and very kind.”...
02638 – Caring for Others
We too have a priestly calling to the world. Like Christ, we are called to serve and to sacrifice, through a ministry of presence and through prayer. In every leadership situation, there is and ought to be a priestly dimension to our care for others…What burden has...
02614 – Keep On Trying!
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
02583 – The World Sees the Church…
The world is not impressed by a church where everyone who is essentially the same is getting along with each other. The world needs to see the church practice what is extremely difficult to accomplish: an incredibly diverse group of people loving and advocating for...
02463 – Courage, Patience, and Sleep
Have courage for the great sorrows, and patience in the small ones, and when you have accomplished your tasks, go to sleep in peace.
00051 – Faith, Hope, Love, and Forgiveness
Nothing worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be...