Well, right off the cuff I’d have to say that getting into Madrid at 7:10am, 1:10am Naples Florida time, is a bit of a brain scramble. Could not get to sleep on the plane; international coach seating no longer being what I had remembered from when Kathryn & I went to Paris in 1996. (I’ve … Continue reading The Wind Up and The Pitch
One’s True Pilgrimage
Not Where I Want to Be As I start this post early in the morning this past Saturday, on the eleventh of May, I should be sitting in my reclining chair on a high-speed train to Pamplona, where I will board the 4:00pm bus for Roncesvalles, a monastery town on the western slope of the … Continue reading One’s True Pilgrimage
My Road to the Catholic Faith
"Without individuals, nothing happens; without institutions, nothing survives." Talleyrand This quote cracked some eggs in my budding life as a new Christian and missionary. (As a side, it is of some humor to me that this quote came from the mouth of a man of royal background, priestly inclination, a diplomat at heart, a Prime … Continue reading My Road to the Catholic Faith
The Willing Tree – Our Mission to Puntarenas
I’ve discussed much the importance of witnessing, as I feel it is the backbone of Christianity. God has created us as a social creature; meant to live and love as a community. Witnessing is that simple and most elegant order of communication that brings us together as one body in Christ. Throughout my first two … Continue reading The Willing Tree – Our Mission to Puntarenas
Landscape & Laundry
I found myself this recent Easter Vigil in my pew, going through the final rite of coming into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church. For Kathryn and I, this has been a journey that has taken four years to accomplish, and we cannot express the rest we now have in our Lord God. And … Continue reading Landscape & Laundry
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