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Identity Crises
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2016)My younger brother's daughter was doing her research for her Doctorate degree. Her subject area was and is the rehabilitation of the brain after trauma to one or other areas of the brain. As part of that study she invited ... -
The Happy-Ending Society
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2015)Each day lately I have read one fairytale from the brothers Grimm. There have been the usual more familiar stories of Cinderella, Rapunzel and Hansel and Gretel. There are many others less known, but almost all are violent. ... -
Working Away
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2014)There is a polite form for casually greeting people. I say "Hello" and you might say, "How are you?" I would say "Fine" and you would say something in response such as "That's good". As a different kind of person, when ... -
Meet and Greet
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2015)I have met some rather important people. Some made me feel unimportant by their shaking my hand, but their looking toward the next person whose hand they would shake after mine. In my perversity I have held on to their ... -
Know Thyself
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2016)A few weeks ago I was offering a presentation at a Catholic parish and at the end of one of the evenings a woman asked, "How do you know when you know yourself?" Now that did stop me in my verbal tracks. So I stopped her ... -
Interruptions and Invitations
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2014)Everything about which I am going to relate to you is absolutely true, without varnish, garnish or exaggerations. Picture this please. I have just finished passing through the security check machine at the local airport. ... -
What's in a Word?
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2015)I phoned recently an office here on campus and asked for a certain person. I was told that he was in the middle of a conference. I asked when did the conference begin and was told that the receptionist didn't know. I ... -
Measuring Up
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2015)Did you ever wonder if you were a good sharpener of pencils or reader of thermometers? Probably not. There is a measurement in the field of statistics known as "Standard deviations". I did not do very well in that course, ... -
Missing Letters
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2014)Gee-wizz, golly-gee, gee-willakers, are quite common expressions of amazement. The letter g has a quite important place in our language, at least it used to. Place your thumb and index fingers astride your Adam 's apple ... -
Listen to the Echos
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2015)Of all things, the duck's "quack-quack" is, for some reason, the only sound that doesn't echo. We have all probably listened to children listening to their own voices bouncing back to their delight. Doing this persistently ... -
God's Living Room
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2016)I was displeased more than somewhat recently when two separate persons revealed to me their disappointment at their displeasing God! They really did believe that they made God sad by their actions. Their actions may have ... -
Tapping Faith
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2015)This present college generation is not familiar with the things of the past, of my past at least. I mentioned in class recently that the Creighton brothers, whose money helped begin our university, made their money in ... -
Gratititude
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2015)There was an elderly gentleman in our neighborhood who possessed a Cadillac. He would polish it, check the brightness of the whitewall tires and pat it like a beloved puppy while circling it with affection. The amazing ... -
It's On!
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2014)I attended a speech recently and the presenter, several times, failed to clear his throat from some congestion and kept talking. I noticed I felt myself clearing my throat and I heard several throats being cleared in ... -
Spring
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2015)Spring has made a dramatic entrance on to our Creighton-campus stage recently. Buds, birds and un-bundled students are appearing for what they all do best, showing up and showing off.|I was walking along our central mall ... -
Making Waves 2
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2014)There is the catchy statement, "Keep your eye on the prize." I guess everybody has a prize up ahead. Here at Creighton University the prize might be grades, guys/girls, graduation, grad-school, getting out of school all ... -
Prayer-Time
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2014)There is an amazing chemical which doctors use to put people "under" for a short time for various procedures. They needle your arm and ask you to count backwards from one hundred. I did not make it to one hundred. When I ... -
Storytime
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2015)There is the old saying that if you don't tell the stories you'll forget who you are. I spent seven years as Rector of our high school here in Omaha. The football team won the State Championship five years in a row. Now, ... -
Tree of Life
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2015)The American Civil Liberties Union has cleaned up all the Nativity Stables on public property in our country, well almost. The humorous element to the whole thing is that they do allow, encourage Holiday or Christmas trees ... -
The Places
(Creighton University, Online Ministries. Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 2015)There are places to which we must go; important offices, social encounters, even gyms. I know it is valuable for me to go running as often as my schedule allows. I enjoy the shower afterward, but not the getting up from ...
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