by St. Ann Staff | Mar 23, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
Dr. Tom Wagner, a friend of mine, and also a counselor, gave a presentation on resilience and how you keep on going when times are difficult. In the course of that talk, he used an image that aptly describes anyone who has ever wrestled with their own desire to be...
by St. Ann Staff | Mar 16, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
Abram went as the Lord directed him. Sounds so simple, doesn’t it. Leave the land of your kinfolk and your Father’s house – leave all that you call ‘home.’ Many of us have done that – because of marriage, because we left home for college, because of a new job...
by St. Ann Staff | Mar 9, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
A married couple from Christian Family Camp shared a story of a time when their daughter was struggling with Anorexia Nervosa. I knew about the disease, but I did not know how tough it is. Statistics say that between 5-20% of individuals struggling with anorexia...
by St. Ann Staff | Mar 5, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
There were usually two situations in my life where I heard the words: “That’s enough.” The first was when I was fighting with my older or younger brother. “That’s enough” was the command by mom or dad to cease and desist. The immediate retort when I was the victim...
by St. Ann Staff | Mar 2, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
The students from Western Michigan University who are staying here for their service trip told me an interesting fact. They have had over 100 inches of snow on Campus this year. That kind of puts our impending snow storm into perspective. But that factoid also got...
