Frank had been a Catholic all his life. He went to Mass on Sundays, but not much else beyond that. His faith experience never became part of how he lived…

Ron was sitting in the congregation. It was homily time. He’s gotten used to the priest not really saying anything of interest to him, and so Ron’s mind starts to…

When Sue was told that her husband had just died, she could see her life falling apart before her eyes.  This had come literally out of nowhere.  Jim had been…

Keith was in trouble and it made him feel sick to his stomach. He thought to himself, “Am I being tested?” Then he thought, “Is God punishing me for something…

Martin had a hard time confronting people. As a supervisor, Martin found it very difficult to tell those who worked for him that they were doing something wrong. He was…

A man was kneeling in church and thinking that God was mad at him. From the man’s perspective, that’s what he deserved. He couldn’t conquer his sins. He would try,…

I would like to share with you something. It’s called An Autobiography in Five Short Paragraph’s and I goes like this: Chapter One I walk down the street. There is a…

Steve just couldn’t take criticism. The minute someone made an observation about something he did, it would stop him dead in his tracks. Then he would spend days processing what…

To allow feelings of regret to overwhelm us can be a dangerous thing. Regret or guilt can make us look at our life the wrong way. How many times have…

Mark was a skeptical person. He hated being this way but he couldn’t help himself. He had this strange fear that people were not really going to come through for…

A young man writes of his mother’s death, “I was bewildered and lost.  I missed my mother immensely.  Everything she had touched became precious to me.  Then one day my…

Robert had a secret. There was something that he did in his past that he truly regretted and was ashamed of. It was a sin, plain and simple, and he…