Thief at Night

Thief at Night

A Thief at Night… “For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief at night” ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:2. St. Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians was a dark warning. He compared death and judgment to a thief stealing in the dead of...
“Unmet Expectations!”

“Unmet Expectations!”

In my years as a Director of Family Ministry, along with my years as the Director of the Brooke Family I have come to know that one of the greatest problems that enters marriage and family life is what I would call “unmet, or unrealistic” expectations.  I served as...
The Four Last Things

The Four Last Things

The beautiful penitential season of Advent is once more upon us. Advent is a two part symphony as it were, with the first two weeks focusing our attention on the Second Coming of Christ at the end of time. But how often that focus gets pushed aside by all the rush to...