In the Old Testament, God spoke to his people. In the New Testament, God spoke through Jesus and the Holy Spirit. These days people often...

I baked a gazillion cakes over decades. When I made cakes, I had to have the finest ingredients: flour, sugar and the freshest milk and...

Paul was watching the Barrett-Jackson auctions on TV, and I decided to join him. I caught a live bid for a sports car. The price...

I love birthdays! I know people who devised ways to hide their real age only to figure out ways to add back the years later, because they...

Isn't it a blessing to learn something new and good? I knew St. Francis was from a wealthy family, and he gave it all up after God...

It was one of those busy days when I wanted to get a lot of things done. Things that would matter. Like finishing another blog or...

What can one do when there is unfairness in life? I was feeling so bad for my son who studied for as many as two to three hours a day for...

What does envy have to do with math? Envy is the desire to have someone else's money, treasures or talent. It originates from the heart...

On his feast day today, let me share a friend's story on Padre Pio. My friend's father was going to have surgery for severe...

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a life that is filled with adventure, with meeting celebrities or with experiences close to what movies...

I was baking and ran out of eggs, so I drove to the grocery. I returned with much more than eggs — frozen pizzas and veggies, drinks,...

Both Socrates and Plato knew the importance of "Knowing thyself". Incredible wisdom in those two words. For it is in truly knowing...

Tim Urban's TED talk on procrastination hit the mark. After analyzing how procrastinators work, he came to the conclusion that there are...

I like to stay in bed, but life goes on. When I was a child, I got up because there was school. When I was a young adult, I got up...

Decades ago I read The Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck. The first sentence of the book is: "Life is difficult." And there is so much...

Where is the longest Christmas celebration in the world? It's in the Philippines! It begins with the month that ends with -BER, as in...

Being unprepared for what the day holds can be unnerving. That's why it's a better proposition to always be prepared. If you have a...

Hugging is a parenting mechanism that seems underutilized, especially as the child grows older. We love hugging toddlers and young...

I thought I had already prepared myself for the worst. But when we bid goodbye to our youngest son whom we dropped off to college, I had...

... come rays of light to touch hearts of those who read the stories of the victims and their families. This is one of those stories....