‘The Art of Giving Back’ Articles

So when was the last time that you fell absolutely and totally in love? One day I was talking to Marilyn, the wife of my Bishop, and I asked her how she met Jack, her husband and at the time, my Bishop. [Continue]

Did you ever have one of those days when every drawer you opened, every stack of papers you came across, every shelf in every closet, every cabinet and every room in your house was calling out for your immediate attention? The other day I found myself straightening, organizing, cleaning, purging, and rearranging everything that I set my eyes on. [Continue]

In some strange way we are like ET. We were given an incredible light inside of us. Some of us call it our soul, others refer to it as our spirit, still others acknowledge it as our connection to a higher power. [Continue]

I’ve been thinking a lot about my spirit this past week. What is it that feeds this spirit, gives it life and connects it to my whole being? I suppose these thoughts are connected to what is happening in our world today and especially the efforts around the re-building of Haiti. [Continue]

As I write this article today I remember before God the mounting number of dead, the children, parents and relatives that have died by the tens of thousands in Haiti. The scenes we have all witnessed through News Programs or have read about in the News do not begin to describe the anguish being felt by survivors and family members living in other [Continue]

For years I struggled with my relationship with the Roman Catholic Church. I always had a sense that God loved me completely and unconditionally, but that’s not really what the church was saying to me. What I began to hear was, God loves you when you live a certain way. For me it was the “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” policy long before [Continue]