Spiritual Directions for the Journey
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Dec 28th, 2012
This is a re-post from last Christmas Eve, when I shared the following about my favorite movies about the season. It is A Christmas Carol, the story ofMr. Ebenezer Scrooge written by Charles Dickens in 1843 during the industrial revolution in England. It was a dirty era and the plight of the poor was desperate. [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Dec 27th, 2012
A Charlie Brown Christmas is a classic to be sure. If you have never experienced Charlie Brown’s Christmas it is well worth it. In the clip below young Linus explains what Christmas is all about to a very disheartened Charlie Brown.
Posted in Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Dec 15th, 2012
Our world can at times seem to be a place that has lost all hope. We arrived home on Friday evening with the news of another senseless tragedy at a school in a peaceful town where these types of things are not supposed to happen. What makes the impact of this event so great is [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Dec 15th, 2012
Mary did you know that your baby boy would….. is the theme of this song. This video is worth the 4 minutes as we prepare for the birth of this infant. Mary of course could not have known all these things were to happen to her baby boy, she ponder many of them in her [...]
Posted in 1K Word Pictures, Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Dec 13th, 2012
Three Possible themes for an Advent homily might be:
Posted in Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Dec 12th, 2012
This week we celbrate Gaudete Sunday. The day takes its common name from the Latin word Gaudete (“Rejoice”), the first word of the introit of this day’s Mass: Gaudete in Domino which may be translated as: Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Let your forbearance be known to all, for the Lord [...]
Posted in The Wisdom of... on Jan 11th, 2012
I was talking to a young person just before Christmas and she shared with me this quote from the legendary Albus Dumbledore ,who was the teacher to young Harry Potter. I am not well versed in the lexicon of Harry Potter so I will need to rely on my younger readers to keep me up [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Dec 26th, 2011
A Charlie Brown Christmas is a classic to be sure. If you have never experienced Charlie Brown’s Christmas it is well worth it. In the clip below young Linus explains what Christmas is all about to a very disheartened Charlie Brown.
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Dec 24th, 2011
This is a re-post from last Christmas Eve, when I shared the following about my favorite movies about the season. It is A Christmas Carol, the story of Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge written by Charles Dickens in 1843 during the industrial revolution in England. It was a dirty era and the plight of the poor was [...]
Posted in The Wisdom of... on Dec 24th, 2011
Posted in Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Dec 15th, 2011
I admire people who understand art. It is not a gift I have been given. I enjoy art, especially art that tells a story which is one reason I favour Icons. Marian art has a long history within the Christian community. It dates back to the catacombs where the earliest followers of the Christ hid [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Dec 24th, 2010
On this Christmas Eve, I wondered which of my favorite movies about the season to share on. I decided on A Christmas Carol, the story of Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge written by Charles Dickens in 1843 during the industrial revolution in England. It was a dirty era and the plight of the poor was desperate. This [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Dec 23rd, 2010
A Charlie Brown Christmas is a classic to be sure. If you have never experienced Charlie Brown’s Christmas it is well worth it. In the clip below young Linus explains what Christmas is all about to a very disheartened Charlie Brown.
Posted in Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Dec 20th, 2010
As we prepare for Christmas,which is now less than a week away,I thought you might enjoy this reflections from Fr. Thomas Rosica from Salt + Light TV and Bishop Peter Hundt, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Toronto. It is 18 minutes long so you will need to set aside some time to listen to [...]
Posted in Reflections from Fellow Wanderers, Stuff for Wandering on Nov 26th, 2010
Two people have sent me this links to a video which is going viral as the kids like to say. For those of you not up on the new phenomenon called the flash mob here is a definition from Wikipedia: A flash mob (or flashmob) is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in [...]
