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Spreading spring sunshine
Daily Easter Reflections: You bring a little spring just by visiting. A bright smile and a warm hug bring a bit of warmth to the grayest day. But consider what more you might try.
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'Joy comes in the morning'
Daily Easter Reflections: Thanks to the Vatican II reforms, the funeral rite no longer focuses on God's severe judgment.
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Considering death and resurrection
Daily Lenten Reflections: It was an early November Sunday and the readings focused on the end time. The weather was unseasonably warm and the hillsides of southern Ohio blazed with autumn color in the bright sunshine.
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Lent is a good time to tackle the challenge of forgiveness
Daily Lenten Reflections: Memories are treasures in our later years. We often sit and sort through them, like the nursery-rhyme King of Hearts in his counting house. Some of them bring a tear or two to our eyes as we reach back for something or someone who is now beyond our grasp.