Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. My maternal grandmother was born on September 8, 1900, in Bessemer, Michigan, an Upper Peninsula town near the Wisconsin border where almost all the men, including her father,… Continue reading Those Who Came Before Us
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Building One Another Up
Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. I needed to make a change. The situation had provided joy and support off and on for years, but the time had come to change. And, as you… Continue reading Building One Another Up
Confession: Just Do It
Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Warning: Call to go to confession ahead. Yeah, I know. It can be scary to tell all your deepest, darkest sins to a priest who also happens to… Continue reading Confession: Just Do It
Trusting in God More Than in Ourselves
Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Gideon knew precisely who he was: the least of the least in Manasseh. And yet the Lord in Judges 6 chose him to deliver the Israelites from the… Continue reading Trusting in God More Than in Ourselves