When I was in high school, our health education curriculum included a section on refusal skills.  We were taught five steps through which we could refuse peer pressure.  They were: 1) ask questions 2) name the trouble 3) state the consequences 4) suggest an alternative 5) move it, sell, and leave the door open.  To… Read More Failing Refusal Skills

Five years ago, on the Solemnity of Christ the King, we celebrated the baptism of our first child.  When we presented him in the church, we were asked, “What do you ask of God’s Church?”  Our answer was, “Baptism.”  Now, five year later, I’d like to ask something more of the Church and of the… Read More For a Church Radiating Love

Once there was a new mother who sorted her child’s new toys.  Musical instruments went in one basket and cars went into another.  The child grew, and the number of toys grew as well, until all the vehicles no longer fit in one basket.  At that point, the mother separated the vehicles into two baskets,… Read More The Parable of the Vehicles