Connecting Point: July 13, 2025 Published on July 7, 2025 It is said that you only have one chance to make a first impression, but what contributes to people forming one? Your haircut? Your walk? Your
Up, Up, and Away! Published on May 29, 2025 Have you ever been in a hot air balloon or taken a helicopter ride? I think this is the closest sensation that we will have to ascending to the
Walking with Passion Into Holy Week Published on April 4, 2025 This week, beginning with the Fifth Sunday of Lent, used to be called Passion Week to distinguish itself from Holy Week. The readings from John’s
From Regrets to Growth in Wisdom January 30, 2025 Do you ever wish for a “do-over?” In golf, it’s called a “mulligan.” In the 1993 movie “Groundhog Day” starring Bill Murray
Give Thanks: Living a Life of Gratitude Published on November 23, 2024 About fifty years ago, the spiritual writer Henri Nouwen wrote a short book entitled From Resentment to Gratitude. Since then many
What in your life needs to be opened? Published on September 6, 2024 We live in a society that is both open and closed. On the one hand, it seems like everything is shared on social media, even things that
Connecting Point: July 21, 2024 Published on July 15, 2024 When I was younger, we only had a few TV channels and two major newspapers. The news was presented by simply stating the facts,
How God Uses Our Weakness to His Advantage Published on July 5, 2024 I’ve always found this line in Paul’s letter to the Corinthians to be intriguing: “for when I am weak, then I am strong.” At first blush it
Connecting Point: May 26, 2024 Published on May 20, 2024 Throughout the scriptures, God chooses people to be his own (Noah, Abraham, and David, to name a few), as well as nations (the people of Israel, for
OLP Goes to the Movies May 5, 2024 Come out to a great concert of the Orchard Lake Philharmonic orchestra which includes Msgr. Kasza on flute for a movie-themed concert at St. Therese