One of the most memorable experiences of my time as chaplain to college students happened about seven years ago — in one of the most rugged, forgotten corners of Appalachia, Kentucky. Ten students from Montclair…
THE GIFT FOR THE GOD WHO HAS EVERYTHING
A kind amazing phenomenon that pops up in the news from time to time: You’ll see a headline that says something like “couple dies within minutes of each other after 50 + years of marriage.” …
SAVE US, WE’RE PERISHING
For much of 2020, it has felt like we’ve been living in a suspended animation. Seemingly everything has been upended by the viral pandemic. Even as things quote/unquote “return to normal” it still doesn’t feel…
POSSESS OR POSSESSED BY
What are you a fan - or a super fan - of? Giants or Jets? Probably few want to admit that this year. Yankees? Too soon to mention them either. Mets or Red Sox? Sorry…
THE (Real) GIVING TREE
With the birth of my Godsons, Goddaughter and nieces over the years, the remembrance of different stories and books that Mom would read to me before bed came to mind. It strikes me as odd…
MAMMA’S BOY
Last night, our students and I watched episode 5 of “The Chosen.” One of the beautiful things of this show is they take these glimpses we have of what life with Jesus was like from…
HAVE NO ANXIETY AT ALL? IN 2020??? SERIOUSLY?
Thursday with it being the start of October, someone posted online: “Good News, 2020 is 3/4 over!” Which was quickly followed by messages ranging from “it’s only 3/4 over...it feels like we should be a…
St. Therese of Lisieux
Today we celebrate the feast of St. Therese of Lisieux or what she’s been often known as “St Therese of the Little flower.” She is one of the most unique women Saints with layers of…
MICHAEL GABRIEL & RAPHAEL
This is the week of “angels” on Friday we’ll be celebrating “the guardian angels” and today we have three “archangels” meaning they are angels who proclaim messages of supreme importance. The beautiful thing about angels…









