Archive: July 2012

Detroit: A City In Search Of A New Reality

Detroit: A City In Search Of A New Reality

I remember riding in an Army truck with 15 other National Guardsmen that had spent a July night on fire duty in Detroit.  It was late July, 1967 and one of the guys leaned over and said to me, “you know this City is never going to be the same.”  I...

Sharing God’s Love With Others

Sharing God’s Love With Others

An American tourist in the Middle East observed three different shepherds bringing their flocks to a watering hole; all the sheep mingled together in their efforts to drink. After a short while, the first shepherd called out “Men-ah, men-ah” (the...

The Value Of Human Life

As the Pro-Choice community rallies around reproductive rights, there is irony in their use of language. In this age of science, our language has become quite specific. Not surprisingly, as scientific-knowledge progresses, new fields of research and...

The Meaning Of Eucharist

The sixth chapter of John’s Gospel contains the “bread of life discourse.” In his discussions with both the disciples and his followers, Jesus gently invites people to move from thinking about bread as merely physical sustenance to viewing bread in...

Wouldn’t It Be Nice?

Wouldn’t it be nice if we were older, then we wouldn’t have to wait so long? And wouldn’t it be nice to live together, in the kind of world where we belong? You know it’s gonna make it that much better, when we can say goodnight and stay together...

Cardinal Dolan’s Unfortunate Lapse

Cardinal Dolan’s book, True Freedom, is available from Amazon. Actually, it’s not a book but an essay, followed by an excerpt from journalist John L. Allen Jr.’s book about the Cardinal, A People of Hope, together totaling 37 pages. The Allen...

Not A Little Chicky, But An Eagle

Not A Little Chicky, But An Eagle

One day a cruel hunter killed a beautiful mother eagle. A chicken full of compassion took the eagle’s egg from its nest and put it with her own eggs. It was a bit uncomfortable because the eagle’s egg was considerably bigger. But that detail isn’t...

Remembering A Baseball Legend

Remembering A Baseball Legend

Take it from someone who knew the man personally. “Ernie” is as close as you will get to the real thing. Mitch Albom’s two-actor play, returning for a second run at the City Theatre inside Hockeytown Cafe in Detroit, hits a grand...