St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis and the Feast of Pardon
The Feast of Pardon, as it is called in Italy, always attracts thousands of visitors and pilgrims to Assisi.
What Is Your View on Reality?
Everybody looks at the world through their own lens, a matrix of culturally inherited qualities, family influences, and other life experiences.
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Saint Francis for Seekers
Over 40 years ago, a gentle Franciscan high school teacher penned a seminal book about Saint Francis. It wasn’t a biography or a treatise on the little Poor Man of Assisi but a romantic, imaginative work that presents the saint from the ...
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Saint Francis Makes Bethlehem Real
A joyful Christmas to you! Thanks for spending a minute with me on this great day.
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‘Who are you, my God, and who am I?’
One of the stories about Francis of Assisi relates how a brother watched the saint in prayer, and heard him pray the words, “Who are you, Lord my God, and who am I?”
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Love Letters From God
Viewing Scripture as “love letters from God” causes us to pause and reconsider the significance of the Bible in our personal and communal lives of faith.
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Will I See My Pet in Heaven?
The creation story of Genesis suggests that God’s care and love extend to all creatures.
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