“Gregoreite” is Greek for “be awake, be watchful, be vigilant, be aware.” The butterfly has, across the centuries, one of the most enduring symbols of transformation. There are a number of stages that happen, but for the sake of brevity,...

Photo Taken During a Prayer Vigil in Washington, DC. Prayer is at the same time both an easy thing to explain as well as a difficult thing to explain. In some sense, it is so difficult because it is so...

A Painting of St. Augustine by Philippe de Champaigne “Late have I loved you, Beauty so ancient and so new, late have I loved you!  Behold, you were within and I was without; and there I sought you, plunging unformed...

The Appalachian Trail in Maine. “Since once again, Lord – though this time not in the forests of the Aisle but in the steppes of Asia – I have neither bread, nor wine, nor altar, I will raise myself beyond...

Grace and Peace to you in the name of Jesus of Nazareth! For a while now, I have been settling into the idea that a mature Christian is someone that can “see God in all things and all things in...

My name is John. I was born and raised on the southern shores of NJ. There isn’t really anything special about me that you should listen to me if I have never met you, HOWEVER, I believe there is something...

Don’t know where I got this photo from, but it makes me chuckle. Each year, I keep a tally of the books I read. It started years ago with my brother, Steve, when we both tried to read a book...

(Yes, I realize I published this a year late.) For a number of years now, I have challenged myself to try and read 52 books a year.  This year, I did not meet that goal.  And, I think that in...

Hello Everyone!  Lets get it started! Below is a list of the books that I read in 2017.  These are in alphabetical order according to the last name of the author, not according to which books I thought were better...