Deacon Speakin'

<p>Season 7 Episode 178</p> <p>These Men - These Priests</p> <p>In an otherwise dark world, the priest is the light of Christ that cuts through the darkness, chasing the shadows and bathing the world in the truth and...

<p>Season 7 Episode 177</p> <p>What Has God Done for You?</p> <p >“Do you realize what I have done for you?”</p> <p >That line says so much by asking all of us a big, big question.</p> <p >“Do you realize what I have...

<p >Many fall asleep in faith and many die. Still living, but spiritually and faithfully asleep. Going through the motions, not really sure and not really unsure of what it is their faith has in their life. Not...

<p>Season 7 Episode 175</p> <p>Throwing Rocks</p> <p>Who are we to judge? Who are we to be judged by the scribes and the Pharisees of our time? Do we find ourselves the unknown man in this story and know that we have...

<p>Season 7 Episode 174</p> <p>The Ghosts of the Monastery</p> <p>When I stepped onto the familiar grounds of the monastery, checked into my room, and began to tread the trodden trails of the monastery halls and places...

<p>Season 7 Episode 173</p> <p>Bickering and Complaining</p> <p>Bickering and Complaining is really a one-sided argument when not a means to resolution – a resonant noise; a clanging of cymbals; a resounding gong (to...

<p>Season 7 Epsiode 172</p> <p>The View from the Top</p> <p >It is a common belief that mountains have much significance as places where people can connect with God. A high place depicting a closeness to God, not to...

<p>Season 7 Episode 171</p> <p>Let's All Go to the Desert!</p> <p>The desert is humbling for certain, taking the best and the strongest and reducing them to simplest form. You all remember the guy on TV in any given...

<p>Season 7 Episode 170</p> <p>How to Grow a Good Garden</p> The seeds that you plant, and tend, and care to, one day turn into something much bigger and that look much different than what you began with – maybe even...

<p>Season 7 Episode 169</p> <p>Weaning the Calves</p> <p >While I was writing this homily, I called a dear friend of mine who I could rely on to tell me how the weaning process works on a farm and she gave me some keen...

<p>Season 7 Episode 168</p> <p>A State of Utmost Bliss</p> <p >For those of us who have raised kids, you will attest that there are probably more times than not when the same message must be repeated a few times in...

<p>Season 7 Episode 167</p> <p>The Path to Truth</p> <p>So, John the Apostle saw someone who does not follow the path that Jesus has put the Apostles on and here they are “driving out demons in the name of Christ.”...

<p >Season 7 Episode 166: Hocus Pocus</p> <p >The words 'hocus pocus,' were often chanted during tricks involving sleight of hand and would entertain and draw the crowd into a veil of mystery. The words had become...

<p >Season 7 Episode 165</p> <p >A Hometown Welcome</p> <p >When I go back to my hometown, everyone knows me as Tommy – that’s a pretty clear indicator of people who knew me growing up. But it’s not only that. For me...

<p >Season 7 Episode 164</p> <p >I believe that we can all look at moments in our lives when we have grown, and flourished, and when we have been stalled and been pruned, and I am sure we can recognize times in our...