The Nicest Garbage Man

We have the nicest garbage man.

He empties out our garbage can.

He's just as nice as he can be.

He always stops and talks to me.

My mother doesn't ...

The Meaning of Community

Community ... means people who have to learn how to care for each other.

No Substitute for Friends

There is no substitute for flesh-and-blood friends if we are to understand ourselves and grow in communion with God.

The Two Important Relationships

First the Ten Commandments, then Jesus, make it very clear that there are two kinds of important relationships for human beings. One is a relationship ...

Friends Light the Way

No problem is ever as dark when you have a friend to face it with you.

Inflated Self-Image

Sometimes we are moved by compassion and think it zeal. We blame small things in others, and pass over greater things in ourselves. Quickly enough we ...

What Is Most Rewarding

What is most rewarding is doing something that really matters with congenial colleagues who share with us the firm conviction that it needs to be done. ...

Babe Ruth: Hero

Babe Ruth had hit 714 home runs during his baseball career and was playing one of his last major league games. The aging star was playing for the Boston ...

Borderline Christianity

There's something comfortable about reducing Christianity to a list of do's and don'ts, whether your list comes from mindless fundamentalism ...

The Pure in Heart

Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not to envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.