Rose D
Time,Talent & Treasure
Mk 12:38-44 or 12:41-44 At the Catholic church I grew up in there was a stewardship push called, Time,Talent and Treasure. It must have...
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"We're all just walking each other home"-Ram Dass
Rose D
Oct 102 min read
What are the spiritual consequences of our self-reliance?
There’s a passage in the book , A Gentleman from Moscow by Amor Towles, that reminded me of today’s Gospel. The book begins in 1922 in...
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Rose D
Aug 312 min read
The Problem With Miracles
The hedonic treadmill or hedonic adaptation is an idea that all of us have a baseline level of happiness, and when negative or positive...
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Rose D
Aug 162 min read
Taking your time with Bread
If you’ve ever made a yeast bread you know the multitude of ways the process can go wrong. It’s not something you can mix up quickly and...
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Rose D
Jul 22 min read
Two For the Road
The first time I went to Paris and saw the Eiffel tower, I don’t remember it, but I have pictures from when I was six. The 2nd time I was...
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Rose D
May 132 min read
Do you Have a Job, a Career or a Vocation?
My favorite comedian, Chris Rock, said, “When you have a career there’s not enough time in the day, when you have a job there is too much...
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Rose D
Apr 122 min read
Exploring the Road to Emmaus: The Challenges of our own Transformation
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041424.cfm Today on the 3rd Sunday of Easter we hear what happens after two disciples return to...
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Rose D
Mar 82 min read
Rule Followers: Are You Missing the Point?
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021124.cfm March 10,2024 During the pandemic, my work transitioned from downtown Nashville to home...
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Rose D
Feb 82 min read
How do you spend your time?
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021124.cfm A couple of weeks ago I reconnected with my friend Brian, as he had recommended the...
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Rose D
Jan 52 min read
Hearing the Call
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011424.cfm January 14th readings Some of the more interesting people I’ve met in my life are the...
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Rose D
Nov 29, 20232 min read
A Voice Crying Out
It’s Christmas time, a mad rush that feels like it starts the day after Halloween. As soon as Halloween is over, the days seem to fly by...
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Rose D
Nov 2, 20232 min read
Waiting in Line
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/25?1 I remember the moment I realized I no longer would have to wait or be bored. It was 2009 and...
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Rose D
Sep 21, 20232 min read
The Heart Knows (Matthew 21:33-43)
“Why didn’t I show up at the hospital sooner; it was so obvious he was dying. Why didn’t I go then? Why did I wait?”, a friend asked me...
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Rose D
Sep 1, 20232 min read
Time for some humble pie
While most of the explanations about today’s Gospel (Matthew 18:15-20) focus on the person who was wronged, I was more drawn to the...
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Rose D
Aug 4, 20232 min read
Friends along the journey
There once was a man who suffered a great tragedy in his life. His life as he had known it disappeared, and he was thrust into a new...
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Rose D
Jun 27, 20232 min read
Simple Faith
In the last 5 years of my Dad’s life he had a caretaker named Sonny. Sonny never finished high school, and so he worked odd jobs and...
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Rose D
May 26, 20232 min read
Choosing a relationship
John 6:51-58 I’ve been vegetarian off and on for about a decade. For the most part my dietary choices rarely come up in conversation, and...
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Rose D
Mar 29, 20232 min read
Craig in Spanish Class
February 12,2023 Matthew 5:17-37 When I was in college I honestly took Spanish 101 for the fun of it. Meanwhile Craig, the young man...
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Rose D
Mar 29, 20232 min read
Easter Sunday in Nashville
It is Easter once again, and yet this year it is especially difficult to say ‘Happy Easter’ after the recent Covenant School shooting. On...
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Rose D
Nov 29, 20222 min read
John the Baptist
December 12,2022 Matthew 2:1-12 What did you go out to the desert to see? What would pull someone from their everyday life of work and...
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