About a month ago I put food in our bird feeder for the first time in about two years. I had missed seeing them come around and as the temperatures plummeted and the snow fell in February I figured it was as good a time as any to start feeding them again. Within a few […]

On Sunday morning (2 a.m.) we are to set our clocks ahead one hour.  Although we lose an hour of sleep we are one hour closer to spring and after this winter who isn’t willing to sacrifice one hour to get to the warmer weather? I think its kind of odd that we can go […]

My mother would, on days she was being particularly gracious, give us three options for dinner: 1) Eat what she made; 2) Make yourself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich; 3) Don’t eat.  When she wasn’t in such a jolly mood she would simply say: “If you don’t like what I made, don’t eat and […]

Wednesday was the the start of the season of Lent, the 40 day period (excluding Sundays) leading up to Good Friday.  It traditionally begins with the giving/receiving of ashes, symbolic of repentance and acknowledgment of the finiteness of our lives.  “Ashes you are, to ashes you shall return.”  Lent involves three specific areas:  fasting, prayer and […]

“As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. “I tell you the truth,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she […]

Jan. 27, 2015 will be known as the day New Jersey came to a standstill for a blizzard that never happened…at least not here in New Jersey and most of New York City.  Parts of New England got hit with over two feet of snow.  In Boston our son in law had drifts of snow […]

 Its January…the holidays are over…The Super Bowl is more than a week away…Things are kind of slow around here.  So, here are just some random thoughts…Basically just thoughts that flow in and out of my mind, without any rhyme or reason.  Think of them as free thinking tweets. So if someone asks me what I’m […]

When I was a young Christian we were taught this acronym: J.O.Y. (Jesus, Others, You) spells JOY. Jesus should be first in your life; then put others ahead of yourself and last, but not least (well, maybe least) you. Do this and you will have joy in your life. “Joy, deep in your heart…Joy, Joy, […]

Last Saturday night we left the Outback in Wayne around 8:30 p.m. It had been snowing with light accumulation throughout the day but the snow had stopped, the roads were clear and there was a light rain falling. Earlier in the day it took me almost two hours to drive to Montclair and back when […]

As we usually do we asked a group of our friends: “Do you have any resolutions for the New Year?”  A few people shared what they were planning to do and we had a nice discussion around goals, plans, etc.  Our friend Leslie shared something she had heard around the idea of resolutions and new […]