Since you’ve been gone   Dear Pope John Paul: do you ever look down here, and wonder? Seeing the sites, hearing the sounds? Is there more pain now than before?   Dear Pope John Paul: do you have questions, like how could this happen? Why are we falling deeper away from the truth to restore?   Dear Pope John Paul: did you know the people around you had secrets that slowly were killing truth? Did you see this? Or did they watch you and hold you back from voicing... >> more

He walked a lonely hall, no one got along. He tried to make a patch and heal their wounded souls. But all they could do is point and stab each other…here in DC town.   He tried to call them out. Say, “enough is enough.” No one is greater, no one is that true. But they just kept on fighting, lying and devising, At the cost of each other…out in DC town.   What is one to do? When we lost our call? When politics become selfish and “We the... >> more

The past few weeks have brought me opportunities to speak with young adults about the dangers of sexting. One of those opportunities came at a local private high school. The administration, in hopes of preventing a sexting pandemic at their school, asked me to speak with a group of their teenage students who recently were caught with their pants down…or should I say, with their t-shirts off? Sexting is the newest form of teenage intimacy. Both guys and girls believe that one of the best... >> more

In case you missed this from the Columbian Newspaper following the election: My hope is for our community to come together and support our new elected officials. No matter what side of the aisle you may be on, we have work to do within our community and our country. Looking back on the Bush presidency one of my fondest memories followed September 11, 2001. For it was the first time in my life time that I witnessed our country stand united. People forgot partisan divides, racial... >> more

Nobody is perfect. Everybody makes mistakes. We all make bad decisions and act from poor information. Being human means you and I will fail at some things and cause other people harm. Needing to be perfect is an unenforceable rule. >> more