Offbeat can be when someone is not coinciding with the beat. It’s like when you are all clapping together to a song and there’s that one person who is just a step behind or just has no sense of rhythm, yet they are going for it… but very off. Offbeat is different from the ordinary,…

During times of uncertainty and in the midst of everyone seemingly having lost their collective minds over every little thing, it is incumbent upon people of faith and common sense to stay steady and remain calm. St. Paul gives some good advice to Timothy in his second letter. He is encouraging him to stay strong…

My friend, Steve, posted about a practice called Lectio Divina (Divine Reading) that he and his family were working on the other day. They were meditation and reflecting on Psalm 46:10. He said, “Tonight we breathed deep as we contemplated what being made in the Image of the Divine means, how the external noise of…

It is Ash Wednesday and thus begins the 2020 season of Lent. I was listening to a podcast today by Father John Riccardo about how to align yourself during this season. He asked some questions to start the process of self examination and intentional mindfulness. Why does Lent exist?Lent exists to accelerate the process of…