Rely on Christ
Robert was a young man who liked to be complimented. And although he would never admit it, he would be inwardly disappointed if he didn’t receive some type of affirmation.…
What does God want us to do?
Mark was an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist. He and his wife, Susan, had been EM’s for several years. But Susan hadn’t exercised her ministry for a long time. She’d…
Christ Died For Us
This story I am about to tell you took place during the second war in Iraq. The U.S. soldiers who were involved in this conflict were under great strain. They…
Take up the Cross
Frank had a problem, and it was something that he’d been dealing with all his life. What was this problem? Frank would always fall into the wrong way of thinking—the…
Possess Real Peace
I would like to share with you a journal entry written by a young woman: “They can harass us, they can rob us of our material goods, of our freedom…
God will come through for you
A guy in his late thirties went to visit his grandmother who was in an assisted living facility. The grandmother was in her nineties but still pretty “with it”. During…
God’s purpose for us
Mark did something years ago (while in college) that he regrets to this day. And whenever difficulties arise, and Mark is faced with a challenging situation, he goes back to…
Accept our Weaknesses
Meredith was a person who liked to plan. And these plans would cover every aspect of her life, from her job, to her home, to social events on the weekend. …
We are not alone
Sam and Mary had been married for just over 50 years now. Sam had always thought to himself, “I could never live without ‘my dear Mary’”. He would often jokingly…
All things are possible for God.
“How’s that going to work?” I would venture to say that we might ask that question as often as once a day, maybe even more. We ask this question in…
God Chooses Us
Two men are having lunch together. One is Catholic and the other Jewish. They worked together for a number of years now and got along pretty well. They considered themselves…
The Power of Grace
James couldn’t figure out why he had to deal with the same sins over and over again. “What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I just make up my mind not…