Adolescence

Adolescence is like setting out on a long voyage on an often turbulent and stormy sea—for both the teenager and the parents.  It’s kind of like a long labor when giving birth.

  Keep your eye on Jesus and on the vision of the strong, self-confident man or woman that will emerge at the end of this voyage.

Train a child in the way he should go;

 even when he is old, he will not swerve from it.  Proverbs 22:6 NAB

Eight Ways to Show Our Love For God

One of my favorite sayings is "Love is an action word."  In the Broadway play (and subsequent movie) "My Fair Lady", Eliza sings, "Don't talk of love...show me!"
  We often speak of our love for God. And He loves to hear us praise Him. But praise without works is not enough.
  So here are eight ways to show our love for God. I did not think of them, but I don't think the person who did will mind my sharing them with you.

• Trusting Him
• Spending time with Him
• Heeding Him
• Apologizing when we offend Him
• Loving His whole family
• Picking up our cross
• Following Him
• Eagerly awaiting Him

On Abortion

I realize that some mothers choose to have their children aborted because they are poor, young or desperate; or, in rare cases, the conception of the child was due to incest or rape. But many more mothers sacrifice their children on the altar of materialism. To have your child killed because it interferes with your plans for your life is the worst reason.


"It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish."  Mother Teresa of Calcutta